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yeah, the 8GB RAM is laughable. like ... why is Apple pretending 8GB is ... ok? Here is this great laptop, but you just f'd yourself with the minimal specs AND YOU CANT UPGRADe.
The latest MacBook is great but the hw lock on ram + storage sucks.
Go easy on Apple, they can't afford the extra TWO BUCKS of the cheapest most commodity silicon on Earth.
Everyone always raves about how affordable the Mac mini is whenever someone complains.
The base model is quite affordable, yes. But you only get 8GB of memory. Which needs to be shared between cpu and gpu, too.
Like, come on