Dragxito@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoApple keeps flogging 8GB of RAM for its Mac computers but it's still a dead horsewww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square249fedilinkarrow-up1604
arrow-up1604external-linkApple keeps flogging 8GB of RAM for its Mac computers but it's still a dead horsewww.pcgamer.comDragxito@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square249fedilink
minus-squaremohammed_alibi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·5 months agoSuch a weird hill to die on for Apple. How much does it really cost to just add 8GB more RAM? $5?
minus-squareEarMaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-25 months agoAcknowledging that 8GB only delivers mediocre performance at best would upset anyone who already bought a device with only 8GB. And as later upgrades are not supported by Apple it would abandon these users like buyers of a 1st gen Apple device…
minus-squareXanx@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoThe fun think is that I don’t think apple would mind abandoning these people. Most of them would just buy a new device.
minus-squareEdibleFriend@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 months agoMy guess is they’re going to sell like hotcakes to clueless parents whose kids insist their first laptop needs to be apple
minus-squarekingthrillgore@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoIts all on-die not on the board, so Apple gets to charge you more.
Such a weird hill to die on for Apple. How much does it really cost to just add 8GB more RAM? $5?
Acknowledging that 8GB only delivers mediocre performance at best would upset anyone who already bought a device with only 8GB. And as later upgrades are not supported by Apple it would abandon these users like buyers of a 1st gen Apple device…
The fun think is that I don’t think apple would mind abandoning these people. Most of them would just buy a new device.
My guess is they’re going to sell like hotcakes to clueless parents whose kids insist their first laptop needs to be apple
Its all on-die not on the board, so Apple gets to charge you more.