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fallenjt said:

elijahg said:

Great to see Apple's not soldering quite so much, maybe frequent bad RAM chips requiring a logic board swap were getting expensive. Those that claimed it was "necessary" for reliability or thinness will have to eat their words!

However, the machine with this power wouldn't require any upgrade for ....3-4 years. I seriously rather spend $200 for more RAM when I ordered it than just do it myself to save...like $50, No way.

Well, to go from 8GB to 16GB, you'd save more like $75 doing it yourself.  But also, you have to realize some people are saving and maybe even stretching themselves a bit to get a Mac in the first place.  Another $200 matters to them and they can't afford it at the time of purchase.  But knowing they could wait a bit and save some money for an upgrade that might cost them only $100-125 is not insignificant to them.  Even if it didn't save them any money, just knowing they wouldn't have to plunk that extra cash down upfront is meaningful.

lkrupp said:

How about everybody just accept the FACT that Macs are not made to be upgraded. Claiming the changes made make them upgradeable is nonsense. These are not machines you just pop the top off of and yank out components with ease. I’m tired of listening to the bullshit put out by those who want to go back to the days of beige boxes with lids and slots on them. if you’re a hobbyist then go to MicroCenter and buy parts to your heart’s content. The new iMacs are NOT user upgradeable except for memory in the 27” models. 

Gotta love people getting bent about users who would dare to expect to make simple upgrades like adding RAM or replacing an internal drive.  The nerve!

Ever consider there's a middle ground between soldering everything in sight and beige boxes you can build on your own?  RAM upgrades and swapping out a hard drive isn't pro-level tinkering.  

ericthehalfbee said:

Surprised nobody mentioned Portrait Mode on the iPhone 7 Plus which didn't come out until a month later.

However, Apple did specifically say it was coming later at the keynote (as opposed to Samsung showing Bixby and waiting almost 2 weeks before telling us it would be delayed).

Except, the article did mention that.

Once again, government people are clueless. If you make Whatsapp or iMessage breakable or have a "back door," two things will happen: 1. Serious criminals and terrorists will switch to other third party encrypted messaging tools or create one themselves. You might occasionally run into a dumb criminal where this might help, but you won't be making anyone safer from international crime or terrorism. 2. The same back door that the gov't now has will eventually fall into the hands of hackers and criminals and be used for identity theft and such. The end result will be, criminals and terrorists will still have secure communications the gov't can't access, regular law-abiding people will not and their private, personally identifiable information will be insecure.

sirlance99 said:

Have yet to still meet someone who uses Apple Music. 

Really? I know several in my circles. I know about as many Apple Music subscribers as I do Spotify subscribers. Obviously, I know several others who are just free tier users of Spotify or Pandora. I know zero Google Music subscribers, zero Tidal users. I know one or two people who use Amazon's music thing because they are already Prime members.