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[–] NotSoCoolWhip@lemmy.world 43 points 2 years ago*

Sir, this is apple.

Gotta buy their apple 5 point screwdriver

Open back

Remove adhesive & battery

Dismount motherboard and keyboard

Find out it's soldered ram

Kill self

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[–] Thetimefarm@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago (6 children)

With a hot air rework station anything is upgradable, laptops, phones, babies... ok not babies, but like lots of other stuff.

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[–] Synthead@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Maybe, in the future, lamps will be permanently wired into house walls. Who even needs outlets? Just buy a new house if you don't like the lamp anymore.

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[–] flyingacesnoopy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Isn’t that what ceiling recessed lights are?

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[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I get OP's joke, but "permanent" doesn't really apply to anything about houses. "Wired into wall" just means you need a screwdriver and a circuit breaker flip to change it, or maybe cutting into wall panels.

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[–] Thetimefarm@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

I mean it doesn't matter if the house around the wiring falls apart first. Most modern construction is like one step above paper mache.

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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

It's Apple so they probably do some kind of bullshit key pairing nonsense to prevent you being able to upgrade the RAM even with the soldering iron.

I really wouldn't be surprised if it's not actually possible

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[–] ZapBeebz_@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Oh it's not even close to being user-upgradeable. As in, the RAM module is part of the silicon M3 chipset. You can't upgrade it because it is literally part of the CPU die.

Of course, apple could address this by also offering expansion slots that users can install ram in, but that would mean being nice to consumers, which we all know apple is fundamentally opposed to.