MBPR tear down and what it means for iMac

[Matador Red]

So the first tear down of the MacBook Pro Retina had been posted and it is now more inaccessible than any MBP before it. This is not really a surprise but a confirmation of apples design direction. Reading thru it I noticed the ram is soldered to the board. So when the iMac is redesigned can we expect user upgradable ram to be a thing of the past? I hope not. If so, hopefully we will get a spec bump this year before the new 2013 redesign.

http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/MacBook-Pro-with-Retina-Display-Teardown/9462/1#.T9iigbd5mc0

 

[bogatyr]

The same is done on the MBA due to the space constraints. Unless they make the iMac about as thin as the MBPR or MBA, I doubt they'll make it non-upgradeable.