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Apple keeps flogging 8GB of RAM for its Mac computers but it's still a dead horse (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 7 months ago (2 children)

It's a strategy to push customers toward the more expensive models. Their markup is massive, it's a blatant profit move.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

They've being doing this for a very long time, and they do it on all their idevices too (with storage).