everyone of my family members, for whome I am tech support, has had their RAM upgraded, and a couple have had their HD upgraded as well. I'm talking 3 MBPs, 2 iMacs, and 2 minis. For family members who tend to keep machines longer, being able to upgrade components is HUGE. I now can no longer advise them to purchase macs. They will have to pay A LOT more upfront now and I can no longer help them out when the components are the log pole in the tent.
You, and the pro non-serviceable macs are more than happy to let my family pound sand. Because that is basically what is happening. My mom is up for a new computer soon - here is the C2D with a GPU that apple refuses to support past 10.6.3(search for it on iMac forum ). I am presently sitting here backing up her files, so I can downgrade her machine back to 10.6.3 because she accidentally upgraded to 10.6.8, and now has the spinning beach ball every 5 minutes that lasts for a solid 5 minutes. Anyway, I will tell her to go back to windows, because she will laugh when I tell her that she will now have to spend at least twice what she did before , to get a machine that will last as long as this one has - because I can't upgrade the machine like I used to.
My only hope is for a new mini that is still upgradeable. If Ive F's this up, like he has the iMac, then I'm 1000% telling my family to get out.
