Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!kreme.dont-email.me!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Lewis Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.portables,comp.sys.mac.systems,comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc Subject: Re: Who is going to buy the first Arm (M1) MacBooks? Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2020 14:50:11 -0000 (UTC) Organization: Miskatonic U Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: g.kreme@gmail.don-t-email-me.com Injection-Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2020 14:50:11 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: kreme.dont-email.me; posting-host="e255d5f961295b6bb230fa1b748d4421"; logging-data="10523"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18i8UaK0ru5bBHNZMBuXLYz" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Darwin) Cancel-Lock: sha1:AnwFRzqhY6DbikfDsEL+Ff6mQio= X-Face: )^b5"R:T7U>9~:PEn3YkzMfW*[b1qKeU.fP9C8~8HpU9}lA&6`bH1z X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett Mail-Copies-To: nobody Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:134698 comp.sys.mac.portables:1356 comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc:2122 In message Ant wrote: > In comp.sys.mac.system Lewis wrote: >> In message Ant wrote: >> > So, who is going to buy the first Arm (M1) MacBooks? ;) >> I am ordering a MBA as soon as I decide if I should increase the RAM or >> not. It will be mostly for my wife who almost certainly doesn't need >> 16GB, but I am torn. > Aren't the RAMs still soldered in? If so, then you might as well go as big as > you can afford. Same for storage. :( The RAM is not soldered in, no. The RAM is part of the SOC. She's been using laptops with 8GB of RAM for 8 years now. so I am sure she has no need of more RAM, but eh... it adds $8/m interest free, so went ahead. -- This zone of tranquility is compromised