[Macworld]

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[workerbee]

I understand that laptops may need to be constructed in such a way as to limit their capacity to be upgraded in order to make them as light as possible, but building a desktop without the capability to upgrade memory and the hard drive is not a design that should be encouraged.

[MacTechAspen]

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I understand that laptops may need to be constructed in such a way as to limit their capacity to be upgraded in order to make them as light as possible, but building a desktop without the capability to upgrade memory and the hard drive is not a design that should be encouraged.

Substitute "thin" for "light" and the argument for a sealed iMac is the same. It is not a desktop Mac just because it sits on a desktop. Afterall, many a laptop spends its life on a desk. Rather, it is an ūber thin iMac, and such beasts are sealed.

[DWFields]

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I understand that laptops may need to be constructed in such a way as to limit their capacity to be upgraded in order to make them as light as possible, but building a desktop without the capability to upgrade memory and the hard drive is not a design that should be encouraged. Substitute "thin" for "light" and the argument for a sealed iMac is the same. It is not a desktop Mac just because it sits on a desktop. Afterall, many a laptop spends its life on a desk. Rather, it is an ūber thin iMac, and such beasts are sealed.

Except when they're not. The 27" model will let you easily upgrade your RAM.

[LeTap]

I believe that the RAM modules on the 21.5" iMac are not soldered to the motherboard and are in fact removable and upgradeable? You just need cojones of steel to take the iMac apart and perhaps invalidating the warranty.

[cagleracing]

I'd like to see iMacs become as user upgradeable as the HP Z1, even if it means being wider at the edges.

[DWFields]

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I'd like to see iMacs become as user upgradeable as the HP Z1, even if it means being wider at the edges.

Never happen. Apple has gone out of its way for almost 30 years to make it harder to access the internals, not easier. Why? To keep people like YOU from going inside and messing things up--Macs have a reputation for long-term reliability unmatched by any other brand. Sure, you'll find a lemon or two; every brand has them. On the other hand, Apple's computers have a far lower rate of failure which means they're less costly to maintain and usually remain viable machines longer than the average, less-expensive generic PC.