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In old times there were an option to upgrade ram and storage using stock parts form hardware store, but now everything is soldered.


AFAIK now the ram gets to be way closer this way (which is why the M series gets to destroy everyone on benchmarks where it can show off that).

I think that it'd be cool to have that memory become an L4 cache and still have cheaper ram as a backing store with more capacity to fence off the CPU from the abysmal latencies that SSDs and, satan forbids, HDDs have.


The RAM speed comes from the 512bit wide bus, not the direct connection. If motherboard makers were to support quad or octa channel interfaces, PCs would be just about as fast.


RAM throughput comes from a wide bus, but I think that nowadays memory access latency is getting pretty important to keep the CPUs working.


There is no technical reason that forced Apple to make the RAM soldered. They could have easily made a proprietary but replaceable socket/connector, but chose not to because of the sweet, sweet markups.


LPDDR is not allowed/available in DIMM form.


This is true but not at all relevant to anything I said, as I was not talking about DIMMs.


LPCAMM2 is available.


LPCAMM2 is also limited to 2 memory channels, so that won’t work either.

There’s a reason I said “proprietary.”


A single LPCAMM2 is a 128 bit total memory channel. The M4 uses a 128 bit memory channel.

You can have 2 LPCAMM2 slots for twice as many memory channels, like the M4 Pro.


Yes, I am aware. M4 Max would need 4 LPCAMM2 modules, and a hypothetical M4 Ultra would need 8. This sounds unrealistic (especially 4 modules in a laptop), which is why I mentioned a proprietary connector instead. There is precedence for this type of thing in the Mac Studio where the SSD NAND chips are on proprietary removable modules.


A CAMM2 memory based design would likely work just as well.


Intel Lunar Lake is proving this is not necessary.


It is still current times in PC desktop land, and why I keep on Windows/Linux land.


There still is today; any custom built desktop can be upgraded easily. Most laptops that are more enterprise focused still have RAM and SSD slots, and replaceable batteries too.


Well you don't need to let that stop you.


Only Gruber was able to write an essay in defense of Apple mouse. I will easily trade every argument he wrote for usb port in normal place.


Unified memory means that you need more, not less memory. CPU, gps and neural engine uses one memory pool, so if you e.g load huge ai model, you left nothing for applications.

Sidenote: Apple pricing for extending memory is ridiculous


This is why we cannot have beautiful things. Apple is closed like a hell, but Android is rough on the edges… hard choice


Yet still no true sideloading.


I wonder how long Apple will play this game until we get true sideloading (clicking an IPA and press install).


Apple’s recent approach to implementing the EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA) reflects a troubling trend of compliance theater rather than genuine reform. While the EU's regulations are designed to foster competition and user choice, Apple's strategy seems to hinge on the bare minimum required to meet regulatory demands, rather than embracing the spirit of the law.

The article from FSFE highlights that Apple's implementation, particularly in how it handles sideloading and alternative app stores, appears to prioritize maintaining its dominant market position rather than genuinely facilitating a more open digital ecosystem. By creating a complex and restrictive framework for third-party app distribution, Apple risks undermining the very objectives the DMA seeks to achieve: enhancing market competition and offering consumers more freedom.

This approach not only seems to stifle innovation but also places unnecessary barriers in front of developers and users alike, suggesting that Apple’s compliance efforts may be more about protecting its business model than supporting fair market practices. For the DMA to have its intended impact, it is crucial that tech giants like Apple go beyond mere legal compliance and actively contribute to a more competitive and transparent digital marketplace.


UE is still conducting its investigation, and Apple already started to retreat from its new policies. I think it will be interesting to watch next parts of this saga


It's almost as if Apple's strategy is to keep switching out their illegal schemes for different illegal schemes to make EU keep having to restart their investigations indefinitely.


It could be their hope, but legal institutions are not hackable games or static computer programs. Any active contempt will only escalate the punitive fees and acts they will receive.


Colony for 72 years old man looks like a death sentence…


Have the same. Also I realized that recently I’m subconsciously looking for some weird phrases or sentences that might be AI generated and when I spot it I lose trust in what I’m reading…


Like the article having the word "Delve" into the very first sentences


Are there any real concerns about Ventoy and security? So ig I use it to boot installer, the installed OS can be backdoored? Or is it just some „possibility”, but rather unreal?


You're going to have to weigh the Chinese origins against what threats and risks you can not or will not accept.

Personally, I don't and use stuff like Rufus[1] instead.

[1]: https://github.com/pbatard/rufus


Rufus does not seem to have anywhere near the feature set of Ventoy, so not really a replacement.


netboot.xyx is also killer though slightly different. I installed a permanent netboot version on my home server so I never need to boot an install disk again, but you can also flash it to USB.


Does it work with ISOs from the USB? It looks like it would still need a remote host.


Netboot.xyz can itself boot from USB, but it does not then boot arbitrary isos off the USB like Ventoy. That's what I meant by it's slightly different, it chain loads netboot images. I find that's what I almost always want to do with a tool like this or Ventoy, so it suits my (and probably many) people's needs. But yes, it's not an exact replacement.

You can add arbitrary netboot images, but I'm not actually sure how much it can do with no network at all.


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