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<blockquote data-quote="Toroidal" data-source="post: 1923112" data-attributes="member: 415933">Let's just say upgrading from 16GB RAM to 32GB won't break my budget, but going from 1TB to 8TB internal storage is the price of another laptop. Since I always use my Macs to the limits of their processing capabilities, 32GB still sounds like a good idea for RAM, but like I said if it truly wasn't necessary that would mean that it wouldn't be offered or I could make the juvenile conspiracy theory that it is an overpriced scam. I understand the logic that more RAM may not be necessary under the current architecture, but if that were true 100%, Apple would no longer offer RAM as a separate option since it would be irrelevant.I remember wanting to make the iPhone backup to point to an external drive, but I didn't see any options for doing that. Does it require advanced computing knowledge beyond using the GUI? As a matter of fact if you search for how to, all the instructions require you to back up the phone to your computer first, then locate the backup and transfer it, so unless I hear otherwise I doubt it's even possible.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Toroidal, post: 1923112, member: 415933"] Let's just say upgrading from 16GB RAM to 32GB won't break my budget, but going from 1TB to 8TB internal storage is the price of another laptop. Since I always use my Macs to the limits of their processing capabilities, 32GB still sounds like a good idea for RAM, but like I said if it truly wasn't necessary that would mean that it wouldn't be offered or I could make the juvenile conspiracy theory that it is an overpriced scam. I understand the logic that more RAM may not be necessary under the current architecture, but if that were true 100%, Apple would no longer offer RAM as a separate option since it would be irrelevant. I remember wanting to make the iPhone backup to point to an external drive, but I didn't see any options for doing that. Does it require advanced computing knowledge beyond using the GUI? As a matter of fact if you search for how to, all the instructions require you to back up the phone to your computer first, then locate the backup and transfer it, so unless I hear otherwise I doubt it's even possible. [/QUOTE]

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