View single post by Robert

Posted: Mon Jun 18th, 2012 02:59

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And the SSD's are a new proprietary mount, which will no doubt be adopted by some manufacturers but I understand that the Apple prices for SSD upgrades at purchase time are very competitive, probably compensating for the high prices Apple charge for their RAM.

So to get best value anybody buying one of the new MBPs should chose carefully, thinking of the future. Definitely go with the extended Apple care, at least for the early models because if the RAM goes down it's a new logic board (motherboard) They are NOT repairable, even by Apple. The design and component layout density makes it an uneconomic proposition.

Not sure about the Battery, I have read so much about the new MBP that my brain is spinning but I think the battery is soldered in but replaceable by Apple.

There is expert opinion that having the RAM soldered in and not accessible by enthusiastic users may lead to greater reliability, because it seems many RAM issues can be traced to esd (electrostatic discharge) which occurred during RAM installation in less than ideal conditions. So keeping fingers out may be good.

All this said in my experience with several recent Mac mini's which are essentially MacBook Pro's in a different box, 8Gb of RAM is plenty. The dynamic memory management and copious use of virtual memory means actual RAM is not heavily used. Even running all my biggest applications and loading them with data does not come close to filling RAM.

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