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minus-squaredogdeanafternoon@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoHow does the new MacBook prove that? The way their processors are made it’s impossible to upgrade RAM after the fact.
minus-squareBackgrndNoize@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 hours agoThat was a typo I meant the new MacBook Neo laptop
minus-squaredogdeanafternoon@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 hours agoYeah I assumed that’s what you meant. That machine still uses an SoC with embedded ram. It’s not possible to upgrade it. It’s more repairable than previous designs, which is great, but that’s different than being upgradable.
minus-squareBackgrndNoize@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 hours agoYeah and it’s a measly 8 gb of ram, but they are stuck with that because of reusing the A18 SoC from the iPhones which sucks but I’m glad it forced other budget thin and light laptop manufacturers in that segment to wake up and compete
How does the new MacBook prove that? The way their processors are made it’s impossible to upgrade RAM after the fact.
That was a typo I meant the new MacBook Neo laptop
Yeah I assumed that’s what you meant. That machine still uses an SoC with embedded ram. It’s not possible to upgrade it.
It’s more repairable than previous designs, which is great, but that’s different than being upgradable.
Yeah and it’s a measly 8 gb of ram, but they are stuck with that because of reusing the A18 SoC from the iPhones which sucks but I’m glad it forced other budget thin and light laptop manufacturers in that segment to wake up and compete