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by jeswin 3900 days ago
The 27" iMacs aren't using soldered RAM and has 4 slots. So it would probably be cheaper to buy and install RAM separately. 32GB would be about $180 instead of the ridiculous $600 Apple wants.
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Wonnk13 3900 days ago
Can you actually install additional RAM? I didn't know you could take apart an iMac; i thought that changed after their "unibody" one piece aluminum design.
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madeofpalk 3900 days ago
You can't take apart the iMac, but the 27" model does have user-accessible RAM.

Funnily enough, it's probably easier to replace the RAM in one of those Mac than any other consumer PC. https://youtu.be/1nQp_Yb8YW0?t=55

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thrownaway2424 3900 days ago
It is by far the easiest! It is a very thoughtful design, nothing like your average PC where upgrading the RAM is the same experience as it was 20 years ago.
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Tepix 3900 days ago
Apple has a guide at https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201191
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ctdonath 3900 days ago
Yes, the 27" model has a panel and slots for upgrading RAM.
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