RAM is soldered in in place.
SSD is proprietary, and different than the one used in the Air.
You need a pentalobe screwdriver to open it.
The battery is glued in place!?!?
http://www.ifixit.co...62/1#.T9inDI45DcB
![]() RAM is soldered in in place.
SSD is proprietary, and different than the one used in the Air. You need a pentalobe screwdriver to open it. The battery is glued in place!?!? http://www.ifixit.co...62/1#.T9inDI45DcB |
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-scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson. |
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![]() And it seems to be almost working for them. Which is more than can be said for pretty much all other computer hardware makers, though I'm sure some of them would love to do it.
Wade. Just Add Story http://justaddstory.wordpress.com/
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![]() The sockets for upgradeable RAM are too thick, or something.
If they truly wanted them to be disposable then they wouldn't make them last so long. Regards,
-scott Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson. |
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![]() If they really wanted it to be fully locked down, they'd solder the SSD in as well. They haven't done that - yet. ;-)
Cheers, Scott. |
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![]() Still, Apple doing things like that are less likely to be pillored than (say) Dell or HP or Sony or ...
Wade. Just Add Story http://justaddstory.wordpress.com/
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![]() I think they do that (solder in the SSD's) in the MacBook Airs.
-Mike
@MikeVitale42 "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania |
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![]() It, like the newer version, was unique to Apple initially.
http://www.ifixit.co...-045#.T9lshbU4z_c I suspect drives with the new connector will be available from OtherWorldComputing and the like soon. Cheers, Scott. |
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![]() http://www.notebookc...view.64595.0.html
For memory, the current Aspire S3 model includes 4GB DDR3 RAM. Like other ultrathin notebooks, the RAM is soldered directly onto the motherboard to reduce weight and size, so users will be stuck with 4GB RAM from beginning to end. |