Can you change the PCIe SSD of a Late 2013 '15 Macbook Pro?

[dave_the_nerd]

Or you could just max out the ram when you purchase the machine and not worry about it ever again.

Seriously, all of their machines can be upgraded to 16GB of ram for around $200 (if they don't already include it). That's pennies/month over the life of the machine.

Pennies/month? How long do you think these things are built to last, with no user-replacable parts, a single motherboard with everything soldered onto it, and battery that's glued into place? I so much as look at it wrong after the three years of AppleCare are up, I have a totalled laptop.

 

[Childs]

Or you could just max out the ram when you purchase the machine and not worry about it ever again.

Seriously, all of their machines can be upgraded to 16GB of ram for around $200 (if they don't already include it). That's pennies/month over the life of the machine.

RAM goes bad too. So on top of the overpriced RAM and hard drives, add even more for Apple Care? If I spend more than $2k on a machine, I dont expect it to be disposable after 3 years if something minor fails that is should be easily user replaceable. I modernized my MBP 2011 by simply increasing the RAM and going with larger SSD. Apple Care doesnt cover that.

 

[rugby]

Pennies/month? How long do you think these things are built to last, with no user-replacable parts, a single motherboard with everything soldered onto it, and battery that's glued into place? I so much as look at it wrong after the three years of AppleCare are up, I have a totalled laptop.

We manage around 800-1000 Macs on average and the amount of machines we see go bad is minuscule compared to even 5 years ago. The #1 thing to break is the power cord plug, the #2 is the screen, the #3 is the drive (which can be replaced). Oh, and we've done this for over a decade

So I do have a bit of experience here when I talk of these things.

With proper care they can last for 5-7 years easily. We have laptops in our house that are that old and function on a daily basis for our kids. They get carted around the house, brought to friends houses, etc.

So a $200 upgrade over 5 years is $3/month or ten CENTS a day. So yes, I stand by my words.

 

[rugby]

RAM goes bad too. So on top of the overpriced RAM and hard drives, add even more for Apple Care? If I spend more than $2k on a machine, I dont expect it to be disposable after 3 years if something minor fails that is should be easily user replaceable. I modernized my MBP 2011 by simply increasing the RAM and going with larger SSD. Apple Care doesnt cover that.

I can count on one hand the amount of machines we've seen with bad ram in the past 5 years. That's even with soldered on ram.

 

[Childs]

I can count on one hand the amount of machines we've seen with bad ram in the past 5 years. That's even with soldered on ram.

And I've had RAM fail in my Mac Pro about 6 months ago. It happens. The fix was as simple as RMA'ing the RAM (lifetime warranty ftw) and replacing it. If its a work machine I can always just get another one, but if I'm using my own money I want max value. And from a philosophical point of view, things this expensive shouldnt be disposable.