iqatedo

sflocal said:

ajl said:

Another stupid choice from the think different verb preachers.

One should pay thousands for a machine that is supposed to last a lot years without any possibility of later upgrades?

People have a really short-term memory here.  Why this "anger" continues is beyond me.

It has been shown, written, along with the dead horse being beaten multiple times that most people will NEVER upgrade their PC/iMac after the initial purchase.  FACT.  I do in fact miss those days of upgrading my computers innards, but in the end the math works in Apple's favor, and in the favor of other manufacturers that are beginning to follow Apple's lead.

We (because I did it to) are in the ridiculously low - but vocal - minority.  If you're an upgrader then either buy something else that you can upgrade, or accept that AIO products like these are toasters.  Accept it.  There's just not enough of us to make Apple take notice and think twice.

I just bought the 2020 iMac with the 8TB option because I had a feeling that Apple was going to pull a stunt like this with the SSD.  This machine will last for a very long time.  Apparently, the 4TB & 8TB machines have SSD connectors, but with the T2 chip, replacing those drives may still prove problematic down the road so I upgraded to the most I will ever need - credit card be damned - and moved on.

I suspect what Apple is doing right now on the new 2020 iMacs is just a glimpse of what they're going to do with the new ARM iMacs.  It will look like a giant iPad sleek, beautiful, no-bezels, etc... but Apple will provide zero way of upgrading anything on those ARM iMacs.  Everything will be soldered on the board, and no user-upgradeable memory.  I really hope I'm wrong, but those senses are tingling.

When I'm finally ready to upgrade to another iMac later in the decade, Apple will have fully polished and baked-in whatever ARM Macs they have I can then be in a good position to decide what to buy next, or just continue using my now-obsolete but fast Intel Mac.

Rayz2016 said:

iqatedo said:

Watching - hopefully a snafu...

Sounds like it. These things happen.

However, the real problem, I think, is that he can't get hold of anyone at Apple to tell him what the problem is, and when it's going to get fixed.

If it is a snafu, then an apology and a year's free developer membership are in order. Six hours without a response is too long for something like this. There needs to be some way to escalate this so it gets taken care of quickly.

davidmalcolm said:

His apps don’t look remotely controversial. Hard to imagine a government or somebody demanding they be taken down.