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Apple has a memory problem and we're all paying for it (www.macworld.com)
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Apple has a memory problem and we're all paying for it::Apple still sells expensive "Pro" computers with just 8GB of RAM and charges a fortune for more.

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[โ€“] Omega_Jimes@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've always been interested in if there were a way to bake more RAM onto these boards. Presumably the pads are there and they're just not populated, so could you make a stencil for the solder balls with a cnc and buy another RAM chip and stick it in to one of those directed heat platforms. Would macos accept that, or would it throw a hissy fit because of miss matched licenses.

[โ€“] ItsMeSpez@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Knowing how hard Apple locks down their hardware, I'm sure each RAM module has some sort of signature that disallows this sort of thing.