How to: 27-inch iMac RAM Upgrade
Apple’s trendsetting industrial designs are always beautiful, but often quite difficult to upgrade and repair. A case in point is the just released 21.5-inch iMac, which is elegant on the outside but riven with glue and easily torn rubber gaskets on the inside. However, getting into and performing a 27-inch iMac RAM upgrade is easy peasy.
In order to upgrade the RAM in Apple’s new 27-inch iMac, gently disconnect the power cable from the back of the unit, press the little button on the memory access door and, voila, you are in.
Of course, upgrading or repairing any of the other parts and components will be just as difficult as its little sister, the 21-inch iMac (iFixIt), but in Apple’s world we’re all beggars not choosers.
Would you trade a little, or maybe all, of the new iMac’s pregnant thinness for the upgradeability of, say, Apple’s iMac G5? Me, too.
Honestly, who cares how thin a desktop is?
via News.com
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I agree, it’s okay to make things as thin as possible as long as you’re not losing any important advantages. Apples insane desire for thinness is ridiculous when applied to a desktop computer.
It’s very benevolent that Apple lets costumer upgrade the ram in the new 27 incher. However, for the 99% of buyers they would never consider opening up a computer for any reason. So for the 1% that will, you need to pay the tax upfront and get it the way you want.
Thanks for the shot of the removeable panel; I haven’t see that before.
Just a note: when you go to open it, you’ll look in vain for the “little button on the door.”
The button is not on the door, it’s hidden in the cutout where the AC cord plugs in. Unplug the AC cord first, then you’ll see the button – it’s visible in your picture.
The only person who cares about the “thinness” of desktops is Ives, fishing for design awards. Without Steve Jobs tempering runaway creativity, the engineers are running wild in the design house. You’ll never see a pregnant 6 foot, 85 pound Miss America…..like “the new iMac’s pregnant thinness.”
I’ve purchased 6 iMacs over the last 10 years, loving every one of them. Apple has sacrificed customer usability for a “thinness” design award. I was anxiously awaiting the new iMac release, but my next Mac will be a Mini and a functional 30″ Dell Display with USB3 ports and card readers on the side.
Maybe just another rock contributing to the Apple stock drop recently?
Let’s face it. Apple has been infected by the late Steve Jobs with compulsive anorexia disorder.
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