{"id":20914,"date":"2015-04-06T00:00:26","date_gmt":"2015-04-06T07:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.technightowl.com\/?p=20914"},"modified":"2015-04-06T06:58:49","modified_gmt":"2015-04-06T13:58:49","slug":"newsletter-issue-801-apple-needs-to-change-a-few-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2015\/04\/newsletter-issue-801-apple-needs-to-change-a-few-things\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter Issue #801: Apple Needs to Change a Few Things"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Believe it or not, but most people who buy Macs don\u2019t consider the ability to upgrade or lack thereof. The latest Geekbench scores are not high on the list of priorities. Apple publishes specs, but they aren\u2019t quite as detailed as on some PC boxes. Reason is that Mac customers are seeking a soliton, not a built-it-yourself kit. That has always separated the Macs from the PCs since 1984.<\/p>\n<p>Some of you may not realize that the very first Mac couldn\u2019t be upgraded. It was a closed box, same as the toaster oven or refrigerator. You wouldn\u2019t think of tearing apart a refrigerator unless something needs to be fixed, and then it\u2019s usually done by the repair service. So it\u2019s easy to see the reason for some of the choices Apple has made through the years since they claim to be selling computing appliances.<\/p>\n<p>To me, however, the very first Mac that I brought into my home (after using one at work for several years) was a IIcx from 1989, which was quite easy to upgrade; in fact, easier than most modern Macs. Just pop the cover, and everything was out in the open for you. Of course, you had to remove the floppy drive on occasion to clean it out, since it was prone to gather dust, so being too open had its downsides. 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