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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Randy B. Singer" data-source="post: 1923048" data-attributes="member: 190607">Well, first, your conspiracy theory that Apple has integrated everything onto one chip so as to screw you is both false and juvenile.  Apple makes plenty of money, they don't have to screw their customers to make more.  Rather, the reason that Apple has integrated everything into one chip is to eliminate the bottlenecks that existed due to different components on a motherboard communicating with each other.  Everything being integrated is part of the reason that the Apple Silicon processors are so fast.  <a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/11/we-are-giddy-interviewing-apple-about-its-mac-silicon-revolution/" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/11/we-are-giddy-interviewing-apple-about-its-mac-silicon-revolution/</a>In fact, this integration has allowed users to spec their new Mac's with the minimum amount of RAM offered, instead of having to "max out" their RAM for fear that some new application would need more RAM than one has.  I notice that no one has given Apple credit for this money saving advance.Opinion: Is the base MacBook Air M1/8GB powerful enough for you?<a href="https://9to5mac.com/2020/11/18/opinion-is-the-base-macbook-air-m1-8gb-powerful-enough-for-you/" target="_blank">https://9to5mac.com/2020/11/18/opinion-is-the-base-macbook-air-m1-8gb-powerful-enough-for-you/</a>8GB vs 16GB M1 MacBook Pro - How much RAM do you NEED?!<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PP1_4wek4nI" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PP1_4wek4nI</a>Second, there is no reason why you can't add more storage externally.  The Thunderbolt 3/4 ports in recent Macs are extremely high performance interfaces.  I just posted the other day how to put together your own external SSD that will take advantage of much of that speed.<a href="https://www.mac-forums.com/threads/external-hard-drive-recommendation.375182/" target="_blank">https://www.mac-forums.com/threads/external-hard-drive-recommendation.375182/</a></blockquote>

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