128MB RAM Soldered on iBook M-Board?!?
This makes no sense. Why would apple solder 128MB of RAM on to the iBook motherboard?! <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]" />
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]" />
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I agree though. I bought an iBook 700 just over a month ago, and didn't like that fact either.
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