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To: Halfmanhalfamazing

Or they'll start soldering the chips in as they do on the MacBook Pros. Can't upgrade them (Mini's ya can)


2 posted on 09/13/2006 7:51:44 PM PDT by whatexit
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To: whatexit

I can't see Apple going that far. I've not hid my disdain for apple from fellow freepers but come on now. In the laptops they've got a legit reason to do that. In the desktops they don't.

The BIOS thing I could see, because they've already done such a thing and history repeats itself.

But............ we'll see.


4 posted on 09/13/2006 8:28:55 PM PDT by Halfmanhalfamazing (Linux, the #2 OS. Mac, the #3 OS. That's why Picasa is on Linux and not Mac.)
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To: whatexit
Or they'll start soldering the chips in as they do on the MacBook Pros. Can't upgrade them (Mini's ya can)

LOL!

6 posted on 09/13/2006 8:41:31 PM PDT by Echo Talon
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To: whatexit

Almost all laptops have the processors soldered, not socketed, in.

All the desktop Intel Macs use sockets.


38 posted on 09/14/2006 3:55:46 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: whatexit
I can't really fault them for soldering the chips to the board in laptops because (A) it takes less space to solder a chip to a board than to have a socket between the two and (B) opening up a laptop to change components isn't something most people should be doing.
40 posted on 09/14/2006 7:00:01 AM PDT by Question_Assumptions
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