[GLLUG] So the new Macbook Pro...

[Eduardo Cesconetto]

Upgrading RAM to the same motherboard is a waste of time and effort for most people, maybe not for us geeks, dweebs, nerds, etc… Do you believe a lawyer, dentist, doctor, engineer o any other professional would spend time even thinking of gaining 3.765% speed by replacing RAM? 

I have macs but my main computer in the house is a custom built PC (running a certain UNIX/BSD fruit flavored OS…), I understand where you are coming from… But that is for us(geeks, dweebs, nerds, etc… )

Think about Taylor, if you are not building your PC and you decide to buy a brand name one, it'll have a warranty seal on it, so technically, you can't upgrade that unless you WANT to void your warranty… I upgraded RAM on my TK82C in 1981 from 2K to 16K using a soldering iron and patience, nothing stops us from doing the same with the MBP Retina, right? We have much better soldering irons nowadays.. :D

On Jun 13, 2012, at 8:14 PM, Taylor Burke wrote:

> It's not necessarily the fact that people need MORE RAM, but let's face it- eventually RAM's going to get faster, more efficient, etc, etc. Obviously 16GB is more than enough for most people (although the price tag for 16GB is forcing me to hug my wallet close), but what if a line of RAM comes out with better specs? The people who maxed out at 16GB of whatever spec RAM the MBP has are gonna be screwed.
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> On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 9:03 PM, Eduardo Cesconetto <eduardo at cesconetto.com> wrote:
> not a bad analogy Steve, but following that line of thought you can say Tesla is turning the car world into a crapshoot for making an electric car, so on so forth.. Do you remember when you had the ability to add RAM to your video card? I do, I had a Trident that came with 256K and I took it all the away to a full MB.. :) Do you think that ATI/NVIDIA is screwing things by soldering GDDRAM in the cards today?
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> The thrush is most people will NEVER need more RAM, we geeks do, so we buy the ones that we can update.. Again, there is room for everyone. 
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> On Jun 13, 2012, at 7:54 PM, STeve Andre' wrote:
> 
>> It isn't about hating, it's about losing the ability to do things with it
>> after you've bought it.  The idea that ram is soldered in means you
>> don't have the option to think about expansion later--you have to
>> guess now, what your needs are likely to be.
>> 
>> Me, I'm often feeding laptops new things, especially  more ram.
>> This is bad, I think.
>> 
>> Apple is morphing into an appliance company away from being a
>> computer company.  Certainly their business model seems to be
>> working.
>> 
>> --STeve
>> On 06/13/12 20:44, Eduardo Cesconetto wrote:
>>> 
>>> We call it innovation for those who want innovation, nobody is forcing you to buy anything, you can still buy your PC parts, embedded computing parts, displays, whatever tickles your fancy.. There is place for balance. I love the new MBP, it's the best notebook you can buy today without a shadow of doubt. I am already using one at work and it can handle 2 Ubuntu VMs and a Windows 7 VM all at the same time without compromising the Mac OS X performance… 
>>> 
>>> Stop hating dude...
>>> 
>>> On Jun 13, 2012, at 7:34 PM, Taylor Burke wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Apple is slowly turning the world of computing into a crapshoot. Their new Macbook features a fused display (which is incredibly expensive to replace), a proprietary SSD, RAM that is soldered to the motherboard, and a battery that is glued 
>>>> 
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