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New MBA - is RAM user-upgradeable?
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It's strictly BTO (it's soldered to the motherboard and is not user upgradeable), so if you don't get it at time of purchase, you're out of luck forever.
So, will each variant be a SKU that other retailers can offer, or is this an Apple-only BTO option?
http://images.apple.com/euro/macbookair/images/design_power1_20101020.jpg
No place for extra ram by the looks of it.
No place for extra ram by the looks of it.
There's nothing to be confirmed. Just take a look at the logic board. The RAM is soldered to the board, hence not user upgradable by any means.
The same applies for the non-volatile storage (SSD) (in the 11"). Period.
Chupa Chupa
macrumors G5
That only means it's supported, not that it's upgradable after purchase. If you look at the tech specs page under Memory it says "onboard." That is tech jargon for soldered on to the logic board. RAM is only BTO. It's now or never.
kfscoll
macrumors 65816
Yep, quite a number of review sites have confirmed that you can't add it later. Oh well, at least this time it's reasonably priced; I ordered a 13"/128GB/4GB machine last night.
