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		54mf on June 13, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: New Apple Macbook Pro RAM is soldered to the mothe... These days, I purchase laptops with a life expectancy of around 2-3 years. By then, the tech will have advanced to far that I'll want a new one anyway, and prices are dropping to the point where I can justify spending $1000-1500 on a device I use 10 hours or more a day, and for my primary source of income. These days, if I wanted more RAM, I'd just buy a new machine.

briguyd on June 13, 2012 [–]

The new Macbook isn't $1000-1500, its $2200+.

>These days, if I wanted more RAM, I'd just buy a new machine.

Seems like a waste of money for something that's an easy $100 upgrade on pretty much every other computer in use today.

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