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Apple argues in favor of selling Macs with only 8GB of RAM (9to5mac.com)

submitted 6 months ago by testeronious@lemmy.world to c/hardware@lemmy.ml

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[–] DestroyerOfWorlds@sh.itjust.works 35 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Please, we need to charge 3x retail for 1/2 the normal amount of usable RAM because of reasons. Also, our cutting edge products are as upgradable as a styrofoam cup.

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[–] tempest@lemmy.ca 8 points 6 months ago

They like it because it's an easy product differentiation. If they removed that option they would need to bump up every level so the top end would need to get better.