2) Apple makes a big stink about their carbon footprint and sustainability. It is on every product page. But Apple products are not very sustainable when you consider beyond materials. Remember it is "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" (there's 3 arrows on the recycle symbol for a reason!), and I'm concerned that a lot of the focus for green stuff has shifted to only the last R. They're big fighters against the Right To Repair, meaning, they are against Reduce. They also really lock down the OS (especially on iPhones) meaning it is difficult to Reuse.
I am a bit of a hypocrite, as I'm now mostly on Apple (Air for laptop, switched to iPhone this month, but main machine is Linux). I switched because privacy, but I'm also mad about this loss (I felt that they have won, especially with overcharging...): But my old laptops? They become servers or machines I give to others. My old phones? Same thing. Your old phone is probably more powerful than a raspberry pi and comes with a battery backup, microphone, camera, and other things you might want. This is the __Reuse__ part of all of this.
Here's the thing Apple:
- If you want to "go green" you need the other R's. Reduce and Reuse matter MORE than recycling!
- If you want better products, stop blocking power users
You were the first trillion dollar company, the first 2 trillion dollar company, and the first 3 trillion dollar company. But you're losing your place. It's time to think different.
Small companies like Framework and Fairphone proved that you can make very repairable and reusable laptops and phones without sacrificing much in the way of form factor (since this used to be the biggest excuse). I think it's safe to say big manufacturers won't follow suit unless forced by legislation.
> They just need to have a good enough reputation to make sure environmentally-conscious people don't boycott their products.
Change the tides and they follow. It isn't futile because as you said, they need enough reputation. They don't want the negative effect on their bottom line. So maybe instead of "correcting" me, push it too. They seem to benefit more from your comment than we do, despite you seeming to agree with the sentiment.
I wonder how much it would cost to have someone replace the BGA NAND chips in my Macbook. Apple charges $6-800 for a 2TB upgrade for a Macbook (depending on whether it's a 250 or 500GB drive originally). Someone would have to be able to do it for like $2-300 for it to be a feasible upgrade, especially considering that my warranty would be void. I assume there are people overseas who could do it cheaply. I assume it would be fairly quick for someone who knows what they are doing.
What I'm immediately looking forward to is someone making after market flash modules for the M4 mini, which uses a proprietary card format similar (but not compatible) with the Mac Studio (which does have after market cards available now).
They should absolutely not reuse the slot type for incompatible products.
They should make one though, their storage offerings are lame.
How much is too much to upgrade a system vs replacing it and paying more apple tax?
Better ROI making them run linux in a less-needy desktop environment than trying to keep them usable as a mac with macos.
I remember when this came out, but more recently I recall finding something indicating that this was either untrue or pointless-- for example, while the ICs can be changed out, either the SoC or board knows what SKU it is due to an e-fuse or config locked into a cryptographically-signed firmware package, and refuses to address a different amount of RAM. I can't find that reference, however.
The fixed RAM is annoying, but is done to make the product better — the packaging allows the RAM to be significantly faster than otherwise. It’s a major reason why the M-series CPU and GPU performs so well.
It’s the same reason why you don’t see slotted RAM on GPUs. The performance penalty would be great enough that nobody would buy them.
What's more important? Your perceived personal privacy benefits or the future of the planet? At the moment your living for you and not for the future.
Is it unfortunate that I have to balance more than one thing? Yes. The fuck do you think I’m complaining about. And yes, I want to reduce the amount of tracking a mega corp does on me and then uses to try to manipulate me into buying more junk that I don’t want. To use that data to manipulate me to vote for people I do not want, who push policies against my interests.
But do not think my efforts on that end are fruitless. The trades aren’t for nothing. There is real ground you can make there. But it is a complicated space.
Here’s the cold hard truth. When it comes to stuff like this, you’ll be able to accuse everyone of being a hypocrite. The environment is such that there’s no optimal choice. You’ll always find a reason someone is not a true Scotsman, but maybe that’s because a true Scotland doesn’t exist. But that doesn’t mean we can’t try to make it.
So shut up and lend a hand if you care. Help us become truer. If not, I don’t see how you aren’t just perpetuating the state of things now. If you only see black and white, if you can’t see the difference between being malicious and being tarnished, then I fail to see how you are not malicious yourself. Surely you too are not without fault, have never had to make choices.
GPUs do not put their RAM in the same package as the processor itself, and it does not sacrifice a significant amount of performance.
The M-series processors' primary benefit by a huge margin is its architecture that allows a higher memory bandwidth than say SODIMMs and that benefit is independent of the choice to put the RAM in the package.
What I said: It’s the same reason why you don’t see slotted RAM on GPUs.
What matters in GPUs is predictable distances with direct soldered connections, hence why RAM chips always surround the main chip.