Apple reduces friction to the point where even my mom could upgrade the RAM on her iMac...
Oh sure, pick the iMac for your example. You're not even saying which iMac you're talking about, so you might even be wrong in your argument.
The Macbook comes with 8GB of memory built in. RAM is not upgradable in this model.
The 11-inch MacBook Air comes with 4GB of memory built in. If you feel you may need 8GB in the future, it is important to upgrade at the time of purchase, as RAM is not upgradable in this model. The 13-inch MacBook Air comes standard with 8GB of memory built in.
The 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display comes with 8GB of memory built into the computer. If you think you may need more memory in the future, it is important to upgrade at the time of purchase, because memory cannot be upgraded later in this model.
The 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display comes with 16GB of memory built in. RAM is not upgradable in this model.
The 21.5inch iMac comes with 8GB of memory built into the computer. If you think you may need more memory in the future, it is important to upgrade at the time of purchase, because memory cannot be upgraded later in this model.
The Mac mini comes with 4GB of memory. If you think you may need more memory in the future, it is important to upgrade at the time of purchase, because memory cannot be upgraded later in this model.
Only the 27-inch iMac with Retina 5K display and the Mac Pro can have their RAM upgraded by the user.
And since this the topic is "gaming" and most Macs only have the Intel built-in GPU, I don't even see why you'd use any Mac as a comparison to building your own PC.
The real alternatives to building your own gaming PC are the Alienware and others. Besides, who ever said that getting a gaming PC was supposed to be easy? You want easy, get a console from Microsoft, Sony or Nintendo - you also get auto-aim in first-person shooters to compensate for the crap analog sticks of the gamepads.
The perfect setup would be an upgradable console (with standard computer CPU, GPU, RAM and storage) that requires games to be playable with a keyboard and mouse (except platform games, racing, fighters, schumps, etc). There's nothing worst than a first-person game with a damn gamepad and their crappy tiny over-sensitive analog sticks.
You're lucky, at least you have an i7 (probably a quad-core too, you'll have no trouble at all in reselling it). The 2010 model was still on Core 2 Duo and that's the only thing I can't upgrade on mine.
Maybe the people at Apple will get off their asses and finally update their computers.
Will the 2016 Mac minis be as pathetic as the 2014 models? Not only do we need to be able to upgrade the RAM and HDDs/SSDs but a socketed CPU would be a welcome addition.
If their marketshare went down so much it's not because of "some user somewhere", it has to be the majority of them and it means Firefox is just making one extremely bad decision after another, non-stop, for years.
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IRQ, DMA, address ranges. I'd like to see the author trying to install a modem and two sound cards into an old 286-era computer.
Oh sure, pick the iMac for your example. You're not even saying which iMac you're talking about, so you might even be wrong in your argument.
The Macbook comes with 8GB of memory built in. RAM is not upgradable in this model.
The 11-inch MacBook Air comes with 4GB of memory built in. If you feel you may need 8GB in the future, it is important to upgrade at the time of purchase, as RAM is not upgradable in this model. The 13-inch MacBook Air comes standard with 8GB of memory built in.
The 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display comes with 8GB of memory built into the computer. If you think you may need more memory in the future, it is important to upgrade at the time of purchase, because memory cannot be upgraded later in this model.
The 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display comes with 16GB of memory built in. RAM is not upgradable in this model.
The 21.5inch iMac comes with 8GB of memory built into the computer. If you think you may need more memory in the future, it is important to upgrade at the time of purchase, because memory cannot be upgraded later in this model.
The Mac mini comes with 4GB of memory. If you think you may need more memory in the future, it is important to upgrade at the time of purchase, because memory cannot be upgraded later in this model.
Only the 27-inch iMac with Retina 5K display and the Mac Pro can have their RAM upgraded by the user.
And since this the topic is "gaming" and most Macs only have the Intel built-in GPU, I don't even see why you'd use any Mac as a comparison to building your own PC.
The real alternatives to building your own gaming PC are the Alienware and others. Besides, who ever said that getting a gaming PC was supposed to be easy? You want easy, get a console from Microsoft, Sony or Nintendo - you also get auto-aim in first-person shooters to compensate for the crap analog sticks of the gamepads.
SandroRAT does sound like a Pokémon name. Seems legit.
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Yep, all 70K fembots are in jail. Well, they were archived in .zip files so it's basically the same thing for them.
The perfect setup would be an upgradable console (with standard computer CPU, GPU, RAM and storage) that requires games to be playable with a keyboard and mouse (except platform games, racing, fighters, schumps, etc). There's nothing worst than a first-person game with a damn gamepad and their crappy tiny over-sensitive analog sticks.
So wait, there's Hulu, Hulu Plus with ads and Hulus Plus with no ads? What's the point of Hulu Plus with ads?
You're lucky, at least you have an i7 (probably a quad-core too, you'll have no trouble at all in reselling it). The 2010 model was still on Core 2 Duo and that's the only thing I can't upgrade on mine.
The people working at these companies seem to think everyone has as much disposable income as themselves.
Macs have roughly 10% of the computers marketshare. Guess what the other 90% is?
Which is about the same value as a podcast.
First they came for our desktops, and we stood our ground.
Signed,
Pro users and gamers.
Maybe the people at Apple will get off their asses and finally update their computers.
Will the 2016 Mac minis be as pathetic as the 2014 models? Not only do we need to be able to upgrade the RAM and HDDs/SSDs but a socketed CPU would be a welcome addition.
And for everything else, there's MasterCard.
How about "more better less decreasingly not anymore useful or less"?
If you keep losing users every day, you should be able to understand that what you're doing is not right.
If their marketshare went down so much it's not because of "some user somewhere", it has to be the majority of them and it means Firefox is just making one extremely bad decision after another, non-stop, for years.
What do you think we are?
POS application indeed.
Don't worry sir, the spider in your salad will take care of it.
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You think ignoring what your users want is cheap?
This is nVidia, not AMD.
Hopefully this feature is optional and not enabled by default.
And yet yesterday I installed 16GB in my 2010 Mac mini. The new models with on-board RAM are the worst possible idea.