You don't have to guess. They already did it on all MBP models pre-2012. And for SSDs on all MBP models pre-2016. It's a deliberate choice not to, based on pure greed so that they can ream users with the insane RAM/SSD Apple Tax. I suspect we are going to see both plug-in RAM and SSDs on the upcoming Mac Pro M1 Extreme, otherwise the comparisons to the Intel Mac Pro with up to 1.5TB RAM will be rather embarrassing.
The RAM in the Studio isn't soldered to the board, is it actually part of the SiP / SoC. That simplifies the routing between the memory controller and the memory, and helps them achieve the performance they do with a unified memory (memory shared between CPU & GPU).
My experience has been that things are designed to be easily assembled or easily serviced. This was designed to be easily assembled.
I get it. But just like with anything else in life, you deal with those unexpected changes when they happen. You buy a 2-seat sports car, your family grows, and now you need an SUV. You can sell the sports car and buy an SUV if and when you need it, rather than searching for a sports car that can be modified into any type of vehicle you might need in the future. Computers just seem to me to be commodities - buy what you need/want now, then toss it and replace it when necessary. I'm not keeping this thing forever.
Where does this obnoxious hate come from? I've seen ifixit doing excellent teardowns in the past and produce excellent guides for upgrades.
Well it's a reminder that although customers are said to be important we're never quite important enough for them to do the right thing!
Apple does make money when someone buy certain old Macs. That’s what the certified refurbished section of the Apple Store is for.
Also, in many cases, software costs significantly more than the hardware upon which it is installed, and the software license is tied to a single specific machine.
iFixit Teardowns have be come a Laughable Joke. There are no more steps, No more Chip Identification, no more Close up images. Its looks nowadays just like a rushed Article with nothing of interest written in it.
iFixit today disassembled Apple's new M1 Max Mac Studio, giving us a first glimpse at the components inside the machine. This is not iFixit's traditional, more detailed teardown, which has not yet been published, but it does provide a few interesting details about the Mac Studio.
"If Apple squeezed a Mac Pro into a Mac mini, you'd get something that looks a lot like the new [Mac Studio]," iFixit said, describing the internals of the machine.
An earlier teardown found that the Mac Studio's SSD is not soldered and can be removed, which iFixit confirmed, but it's still not clear if upgrades are possible. iFixit found a spare slot on the logic board and attempted to put the SSD from a second Mac Studio into the empty slot, but couldn't get it working. Swapping drives of the same capacity between machines did, however, work.Unlike storage, RAM is built-in, which means memory upgrades to the Mac Studio won't be possible after purchase.
The M1 Max Mac Studio features a massive heatsink with a dual-fan assembly, and the fans are "so much more massive than other Mac fans," according to iFixit. The site also said the heatsink "positively dwarfs the M1" with more than six times the weight.
The internals of the Mac Studio are complicated with brackets, connectors, and torx screws, which impacts repairability and user accessibility. iFixit praised the modular ports and the heat management system, but wasn't pleased with the buried fans, potentially non-upgradeable storage, and baked-in RAM. The Mac Studio earned an iFixit repairability score of 6 out of 10. It's a "worthy successor to the Mac mini, but isn't quite ready for the pros," said the site.
iFixit also took a quick look inside the Studio Display, and it turns out the internals look a whole lot like an iMac. The webcam in the Studio Display is similar to the camera in the iPhone 11, but iFixit didn't have much more to say about the Studio Display at this time as a more in-depth teardown is coming in the near future.
Article Link: iFixit Tears Down Mac Studio and Studio Display
Pros are Video Editors, Audio Producers, Actually those People the Mac Pro and Mac Studio are meant for.
no its not. Even though it uses the Same SoC the Firmware is definitely not the Same as the Typical iOS. Even if the Build number is the Same doesn't mean its a full featured iOS. that just wouldn't make sense and also iOS it self doesn't have the Capability to be used as a Display
As someone who, over the past 30 years, has purchased half my Macs second hand, having the ability to upgrade the RAM and HDD are essential.
because they wana save money on casing etc. apple really don't care that much about production cost since they let the customer pay for it. and Apple is a Premium Brand so they do it because they Value Design Aesthetics and Functionality
unfortunately its not as simple as u think. The Ram in M1 Chips is not a normal type of ram u find in Laptops and Desktops in the Windows world. They are Ram which needs to be as close to the SoC as possible. (The same on Smartphone SoCs u find the Ram always directly stacked on to of the CPU) if you would do it with normal ram over a so Dim u would loose a huge chunk of performance since induces huge latency for the SoC to communicate to the Ram.
I agree with that, but apart from storage, upgrading other components looks just of the question for technical design reasons. We can only hope that due to the new system design, these new Mac computers have adequate performance for longer than in the past, levelling out the need for upgrades.
