Dragxito@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoApple keeps flogging 8GB of RAM for its Mac computers but it's still a dead horsewww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square104fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down10
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minus-squarePanda (he/him)@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-27 months ago> most powerful chip available in a laptop and arguably one of the greatest overall laptops ever > 8 gb ram my phone has 12 GB of ram what the fuck is apple on
minus-squareextremeboredom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoIt’s a strategy to push customers toward the more expensive models. Their markup is massive, it’s a blatant profit move.
minus-squaremojofrododojo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoAnd, since the ram is soldered to the fucking mobo, you can’t upgrade it yourself. It’s a ridiculous and craven strategy for a company already nickel and diming their customers. but the cultists still love them.
> most powerful chip available in a laptop and arguably one of the greatest overall laptops ever
> 8 gb ram
my phone has 12 GB of ram what the fuck is apple on
It’s a strategy to push customers toward the more expensive models. Their markup is massive, it’s a blatant profit move.
And, since the ram is soldered to the fucking mobo, you can’t upgrade it yourself. It’s a ridiculous and craven strategy for a company already nickel and diming their customers.
but the cultists still love them.