128MB RAM Soldered on iBook M-Board?!?

bunny busterbunny buster
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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
This makes no sense. Why would apple solder 128MB of RAM on to the iBook motherboard?! :confused: <img src="graemlins/oyvey.gif" border="0" alt="[No]" />



I wanted to get an iBook with one 512MB RAM chip in it so I would still have a SO-DIM slot open to upgrade later, but you can't even get that, you can only add to the 128MB already in the system.



So if you get 256MB you have the built-in 128Mb and another 128MB in the SO-DIM slot- if you ever want to upgrade later, you have to throw out the 128MB chip! <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />



Does anyone have any idea WHY Apple would do this? This must be a support nightmear too, if the built in chip ever gets damaged, you have to break out the soldering iron to take it off instead of just lifting it out. <img src="graemlins/oyvey.gif" border="0" alt="[No]" />

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 3
    cyko95cyko95 Posts: 391member
    It's possible that the motherboard that's in the iBook's may only handle 640MB. So they may just put them in there for that purpose. Just a guess.



    I agree though. I bought an iBook 700 just over a month ago, and didn't like that fact either.
  • Reply 2 of 3
    jet powersjet powers Posts: 288member
    It's to keep the iBooks from totally trashing the Powerbooks.



    ting5
  • Reply 3 of 3
    lucaluca Posts: 3,833member
    Partially, and it's also to force you to upgrade the RAM. For someone new to computers, that means buying it from Apple, at highly inflated prices. If keeping the RAM low allows them to sell a few 128, 256 or 512 memory modules at $75, $150 and $400 respectively, then they're happy. But they really need to make the low end iMac and the iBooks have 256 MB of RAM in the non-upgradeable slot.
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