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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 1559552" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>While I'm glad the CPU is socketed so that it can be changed out, the benefit of doing so as an upgrade is dubious at best. Generally, to see a substantial performance improvement, you either need to greatly increase the clock rate, or move to a newer generation. </p><p></p><p>Of course, clock rates have been pretty static for the past 5 years or so, with most differences within the same processor family being just a few hundred MHz. And changing processor architectures usually requires a new chipset. </p><p></p><p>So, though it's good the CPU and RAM aren't soldered fast, I'm still concerned about the lack of internal expansion, ability to add mass storage at a reasonable price and the inability to upgrade the video cards. If it had to be this way for any reason other than aesthetics, I would be a bit more accepting - unfortunately, this is just another example of Apple sacrificing significant functionality in the name of form. Unfortunately, that seems to be occurring more and more frequently these days.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 1559552, member: 24098"] While I'm glad the CPU is socketed so that it can be changed out, the benefit of doing so as an upgrade is dubious at best. Generally, to see a substantial performance improvement, you either need to greatly increase the clock rate, or move to a newer generation. Of course, clock rates have been pretty static for the past 5 years or so, with most differences within the same processor family being just a few hundred MHz. And changing processor architectures usually requires a new chipset. So, though it's good the CPU and RAM aren't soldered fast, I'm still concerned about the lack of internal expansion, ability to add mass storage at a reasonable price and the inability to upgrade the video cards. If it had to be this way for any reason other than aesthetics, I would be a bit more accepting - unfortunately, this is just another example of Apple sacrificing significant functionality in the name of form. Unfortunately, that seems to be occurring more and more frequently these days. [/QUOTE]
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