RAMageddon strikes again.
    • Spice Hoarder@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      4 days ago

      I’m so fucking scared of used laptops on eBay now. How do I know they aren’t going to try and swap out my ram?

      • iga_no_ika@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        4 days ago

        You just gotta know who to buy from. This is a current item on eBay. Specs are solid for a good price, you can get newer generations for more money, and eBay’s protections are heavily weighted towards the buyer.

        That said, I just got a Thinkpad X1 Carbon from eBay and those have soldered memory, if that helps alleviate your RAM worries.

  • djdarren@piefed.socialEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Funny enough, the other day when the Steam Machine pricing was announced, I noted that where Valve are charging £90 per 500gb for storage when upgrading from 500gb to 2tb, Apple were charging £267 per 500gb for the same upgrade in an iPad Pro.

    That has now changed.

    Apple are now charging £300 per 500gb when upgrading from a 500gb ipad to a 2tb iPad.

    Three. Hundred. Pounds.

  • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
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    5 days ago

    14-inch MacBook Pro: $1,999 from $1,699

    16-inch MacBook Pro: $2,999 from $2,499

    MacBook Air: $1,299 from $1,099

    iPad: $449 from $349

    iPad Air: $749 from $599

    iPad Mini: $599 from $499

    11-inch iPad Pro: $1,199 from $999

    13-inch iPad Pro: $1,499 from $1,299

    iMac: $1,499 from $1,299

    M4 Max Mac Studio: $2,499 from $1,999

    HomePod: $349 from $299

    HomePod Mini: $129 from $99

    Apple TV: $199 from $129

    Vision Pro: $3,699 from $3,499

    Also very strange, if you try to upgrade RAM or storage, it doesn’t show you the prices, you have to click “see pricing and changes” and a new dialog window opens showing you only the price of the complete device with the upgrade you selected. It doesn’t even tell you the price of the upgrade. If you want to see the others you have to go back and select each individually and open a new dialog box and do math again. So weird.