In future, will all iMac/laptop RAM be non-upgradable?

[BigMac182]

I guess with the 2012 iMac, Apple realized they could extract more money from their consumers by not allowing them the option of buying a cheaper machine and upgrading it with 3rd party RAM. A shrewd move on their part, but not good for the consumer.

Do you think Apple will return to allowing upgradable RAM, or does the 2012 iMac signify the end of allowing this option?

 

[CASLondon]

I guess with the 2012 iMac, Apple realized they could extract more money from their consumers by not allowing them the option of buying a cheaper machine and upgrading it with 3rd party RAM. A shrewd move on their part, but not good for the consumer.

Do you think Apple will return to allowing upgradable RAM, or does the 2012 iMac signify the end of allowing this option?

They will continue to allow it on fewer machines for the next few years, after that who knows.

RAM, iMac internal drives (since the funny sensor in late 2009), the retina MBP, now this new iMac, its not looking good.

The general trend has me planning ahead to buy a recent second hand mac pro next year when whatever update they do to that is announced.

It doesn't seem like it, and as much as it hurts consumers, it also is gonna hit 3rd party vendors/techs who have been part of the Apple ecosystem over the decades.

 

[iHailCarlo]

Its possible. I highly doubt it for the high end. Thats what the Mac Pro is for isnt it?

 

[theSeb]

It seems like they are slowly weaning people off user upgrade-ability by removing it from some of the models and seeing what happens. Unfortunately people keep buying.

 

[CASLondon]

It seems like they are slowly weaning people off user upgrade-ability by removing it from some of the models and seeing what happens. Unfortunately people keep buying.

Its a little sad, when you think of the culture of Mac, with local user groups, reliable mom n pop resellers/accessory manufacturers/developers. It seems the margins on nicely designed and future-leaning devices are obviously greater than on user-configurable long lasting machines, like the old fridges that worked for 25 years....going away

I wonder what if any effect the temptation for the power users like Hollywood editors, etc, to move to HP workstations and the like will eventually have on Apple's image, given for years those guys were visibly using macs only.