filisterApple argues in favor of selling Macs with only 8GB of RAM
Well yeah, they’re enough to meet the minimum use cases so they can upsell most people on expensive RAM upgrades.
That’s why I don’t buy laptops with soldered RAM. That’s getting harder and harder these days, but my needs for a laptop have also gone down. If they solder RAM, there’s nothing you can (realistically) do if you need more, so you’ll pay extra when buying so they can upcharge a lot. If it’s not soldered, you have a decent option to buy RAM afterward, so there’s less value in upselling too much.
So screw you Apple, I’m not buying your products until they’re more repair friendly.
TurtlePowerThis why my next laptop will be a Framework. Don’t just screw Apple, screw them all.
Yup, same. They seem to be the most reasonable, though they’re quite pricey ($1400 base w/o RAM or drive). I hope they can sell enough to bring costs down a bit before I need an upgrade.
It is a bit pricey, though comparing my dream build to a gaming laptop of the same specs it’s still a bit cheaper, and it’s completely worth it to not have to buy a whole new machine in 2-4 years. Especially since the components to upgrade/expand are quite reasonably priced.
Yup, it’s certainly cool, and I’ll probably go that route regardless.
That said, a basic Lenovo ThinkPad T14 with a comparable CPU and included RAM and an SSD is about the same price as the framework 13 without RAM or storage. So that’s something like $200 difference.
That said, Lenovo is sucking more and more every year, so it’s not a crazy markup, and there’s value to being able to swap parts and whatnot. I would just prefer to get a little bit more for the money, especially since I’m more than happy to assemble it.
Still a really cool project and probably something I’ll get in a year or two when my current E495 dies (my kids keep trying to break it…).