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Re: [NEWS] Mac Pro CPUs can be replaced

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From Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject Re: [NEWS] Mac Pro CPUs can be replaced
Date 29 Dec 2013 04:23:14 GMT
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On 2013-12-28, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
> On 13-12-28 15:49, Your Name wrote:
>
>> All Apple's other computers use soldered parts and yet are still "Build
>> to Order" customisable, so I doubt that is the reason.
>
> The iMac and laptops are mass produced with educated guesses on demand
> for each soldered config.  With such high volumes they can afford to
> have different configs mass produced.
>
> With the MacPro being low volume, they probbaly don't have enough
> information to predict demand for each config so it becomes most cost
> effective to put a socket in and configured on-demand.
>
> (And it is also possible that for higher end CPUs, sockets are standard,
> does anyone know ?)

More blind speculation from the peanut gallery...

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[NEWS] Mac Pro CPUs can be replaced Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-12-28 19:17 +1300
  Re: [NEWS] Mac Pro CPUs can be replaced JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-12-28 04:25 -0500
    Re: [NEWS] Mac Pro CPUs can be replaced Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-12-29 09:49 +1300
      Re: [NEWS] Mac Pro CPUs can be replaced JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-12-28 18:36 -0500
        Re: [NEWS] Mac Pro CPUs can be replaced Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-12-29 04:23 +0000
          Re: [NEWS] Mac Pro CPUs can be replaced JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-12-29 01:23 -0500
          Re: [NEWS] Mac Pro CPUs can be replaced Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-12-30 04:32 +0000
            Re: [NEWS] Mac Pro CPUs can be replaced nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-12-30 00:30 -0500
            Re: [NEWS] Mac Pro CPUs can be replaced Julian Vrieslander <MY_FIRST_NAME@MY_LAST_NAME.com> - 2013-12-31 15:32 -0800
              Re: [NEWS] Mac Pro CPUs can be replaced Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-01-01 00:05 +0000
              Re: [NEWS] Mac Pro CPUs can be replaced JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-12-31 19:35 -0500
                Re: [NEWS] Mac Pro CPUs can be replaced Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-01-01 13:45 +1300
                Re: [NEWS] Mac Pro CPUs can be replaced JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-12-31 21:24 -0500
                Re: [NEWS] Mac Pro CPUs can be replaced JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-12-31 21:33 -0500
                Re: [NEWS] Mac Pro CPUs can be replaced dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2014-01-01 21:07 +1300
                Re: [NEWS] Mac Pro CPUs can be replaced JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-01-01 17:43 -0500
                Re: [NEWS] Mac Pro CPUs can be replaced dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2014-01-02 22:48 +1300
                Re: [NEWS] Mac Pro CPUs can be replaced Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-01-02 20:20 +0000
                Re: [NEWS] Mac Pro CPUs can be replaced Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-01-01 09:31 +0000
                Re: [NEWS] Mac Pro CPUs can be replaced Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-01-01 11:59 +0000
                Re: [NEWS] Mac Pro CPUs can be replaced Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2013-12-31 19:48 -0700

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