Following the unveiling of new MacBook Pro models last week, Apple surprised some with the introduction of a base 14-inch MacBook Pro with M3 chip,...

8GB RAM on M3 MacBook Pro ‘Analogous to 16GB’ on PCs, Claims Apple::Following the unveiling of new MacBook Pro models last week, Apple surprised some with the introduction of a base 14-inch MacBook Pro with M3 chip,…

  • BURN@lemmy.worldEnglish
    61·
    1 year ago

    Of all the points in their blatantly wrong comment, this probably wasn’t the one to single out. The reason for the soldered RAM is due to speed and length of traces. The longer the trace, the more chance there is for signal loss. By soldering the Ram close to the cpu the traces are shorter, allowing for a minuscule improvement in latency.

    To be clear, I don’t like it either. It’s one of the major things holding me back from buying a MacBook right now.

    • TwanHE@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Same way itx boards are preferred for ram oc. But i doubt apple is pushing crazy timings and clocks.

      • BURN@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Exactly. There is an actual, tangible benefit of doing it that way. I don’t like it, as it creates situations where you’re unable to upgrade your own hardware, but it does make sense for the 95% of the population who has never opened a laptop, let alone tried to replace ram

    • Synthead@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      The longer the trace, the more chance there is for signal loss.

      While this is true on paper, we don’t need to pretend that this is an unsolved problem in reality. It’s not like large-scale motherboard manufacturers simply refuse to put their RAM closer to the CPU, and it’s littered with data loss. Apple also didn’t do anything innovative by soldering the RAM onto their motherboards. This is simply bootlicking Apple for what’s actually planned obsolescence.