And by the way, for the repairability folks: replaceable RAM on mobile devices is going away for good reason. Two SODIMMs is 128 bits of multi-GHz bus across multiple cm of board and a connector. That *eats* power. This isn't manufacturers being out to screw us, it's physics.
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Power efficiency, modularity, performance. Pick two. It's just how it goes. Don't worry, we can keep the DIMMs for gamer laptops and non mobile systems.
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Doesn't the wired, new mac mini also have soldered RAM?
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Yes. That's just a consequence of the M1 being a mobile-first SoC. They're reusing the same chip. I expect Apple Silicon Mac Pros to have modular RAM (and the iMacs really should too).
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