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this post was submitted on 25 Aug 2023
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It's a pity that also the RAM and SSD are a steal.
250€ to add 8gb RAM and another 250€ to add 250gb SSD. Prices that even ten years ago didn't make sense...
I wish they sold the M2 motherboard with standard DDR 5 and m.2 slots. I'd pay 1000€ for that and i wouldn't even want the fancy aluminum case
Can't you just add it yourself or are they soldered in?
No, unfortunately it's all soldered https://www.macworld.com/article/1677460/mac-mini-upgrade-hub-storage-ethernet-sd-card-ports.html
So when the single flash chip degrades, the whole unit automatically becomes e-waste instead of a simple $25 fix
Classic apple
In this case they have some justification for the RAM at least. They use a SoC, not a more typical CPU. And the RAM is available for both graphics and system memory, so for some uses, you could do things on a higher end Mac that is not possible on a typical consumer PC.
Still sucks for people like me though. I really want to switch to a mac Mini for my NAS/home server but I can't justify the upgrade cost to get a useful amount of RAM.