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“Starting at” is the Biggest Lie in Tech (RAM and storage upgrade costs) (www.youtube.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by octalfudge@lemmy.world to c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world

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[–] NightOwl@lemmy.one 6 points 1 year ago

Yep, people were able to upgrade their old macbooks 2011 with 16 gigs of ram and pop in a SSD which led delaying it ending up in a landfill sooner. Imagine if those old Macbooks had gone with the philosophy of non upgradeable storage and ram like the current shift of modern day tech.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7767823