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Comment by raw_anon_1111

7 hours ago

Apple is rumored to have long term price controlled contracts for DRAM. That would fit their 20 year MO

I read this recently, made me chuckle:

"Man, I wish Apple ram upgrades were priced like the rest of industry"

<monkey paw curls>

  • I didn't even think about that, all the reviewers were in a fury about soldered RAM... and now almost everyone is soldered. It's a shame.

    What I really hate is you don't even get the main benefit - high bandwidth and low latency. They are just soldering lpddr5x RAM which doesn't really need to be.

    • Fairly long history of Apple doing something anti-consumer and then all other manufactures following their lead. Same with non-replacable batteries, no headphone jack, have to pay extra for a charger, etc.

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