Can you upgrade RAM in the new MBA yourself?

[powerbook911]

Apple must figure 2GB is good for many users of the Air.

They have been good about bringing most machines up to 4GB.

It is a bit of a shame such a great machine doesn't have 4GB standard, so that those who can't BTO, to get a good deal or sale or whatnot, aren't stuck with 2GB.

 

[loslosbaby]

Not only is it "soldered" but the parts are fine-pitched...I've seen two women that could hand-solder fine-pitch stuff, and they were 5-ft tall Cambodian women (nicest gals you'd ever meet) and had 20 years experience...

...so, you'd need a "manipulator" and those are expensive! Google it!

The MBA is an appliance, "no user-servicable parts inside" like the old TV's used to say!

G.

 

[ufkdo]

As far as I know, neither yourself nor service/engineers can do this. You should throw away the motherboard, etc.

 

[Anonymous Freak]

Not only is it "soldered" but the parts are fine-pitched...I've seen two women that could hand-solder fine-pitch stuff, and they were 5-ft tall Cambodian women (nicest gals you'd ever meet) and had 20 years experience...

...so, you'd need a "manipulator" and those are expensive! Google it!

The MBA is an appliance, "no user-servicable parts inside" like the old TV's used to say!

G.

When I worked at Intel, we had a few women (why is it always women?) who did that. They were a fairly standard U.S. tech industry mix of national background. They weren't even necessarily "small" women, either. Whenever we had a pre-production board that needed tweaking (desoldering and replacing the BIOS chip, for example,) upstairs to the rework shop it went!