Good, 8 is unusable for my workloads and 12 feels like they're just fucking with us
Has anyone ever successfully de-soldered Apple RAM and replaced it?
Isn't the RAM inside the actual SoC with the Apple Silicon line? I haven't really opened any of 'em up.
As for older Macs - sure, I know someone who replaced 8 gigs with 16 on either an Air or Pro model that had 16 available as an option but was shipped with 8. It's just something you do when you have way too many Mac boards lying around at work and your bosses say you can't get a new work laptop.
Pretty sure it is baked in as part of the SOC, not soldered on after the fact?
It’s because AI needs a not a ram. I think Apple did not expect or plan for ai which shows in the fact that only the latest pro phone can have Apple intelligence. It’s because that phone has enough ram.
Now they will boost ram across the board because Apple intelligence will not run well without it.
Depending on pricing, I may actually buy a MacBook in 2025.
I’ve wanted one since the m1, but I’ve held out until 16gb was the starting amount of ram.
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