Can you upgrade the RAM on a MacBook Air early 2020?

[Sandro Linux]

Can you upgrade the RAM on a MacBook Air 2020 running intel? My machine only has 8GB and I have heard apple solders its components to the motherboard. If there is a way, how risky is it to do?

[Fasauceome]

Soldered in.

 

If you have questions about mac upgrades, feel free to google search some iFixit teardowns. They're super useful.

[Lord Vile]

5 minutes ago, Sandro Linux said:

Can you upgrade the RAM on a MacBook Air 2020 running intel? My machine only has 8GB and I have heard apple solders its components to the motherboard. If there is a way, how risky is it to do?

Nope, everything is soldered so can’t be upgraded.

[Sandro Linux]

6 minutes ago, Lord Vile said:

Nope, everything is soldered so can’t be upgraded.

Ok yeah

[Sandro Linux]

6 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

Soldered in.

 

If you have questions about mac upgrades, feel free to google search some iFixit teardowns. They're super useful.

I looked at the ifixit teardown. Man, Macs are really unrepairable 

[WhitetailAni]

26 minutes ago, Sandro Linux said:

I looked at the ifixit teardown. Man, Macs are really unrepairable 

They used to not be
My Power Mac G4 has a handle on the side to get access to everything inside. All you need is a Philips-head screwdriver and some patience and you can remove everything except the PSU.

[Sandro Linux]

6 minutes ago, ragnarok0273 said:

They used to not be
My Power Mac G4 has a handle on the side to get access to everything inside. All you need is a Philips-head screwdriver and some patience and you can remove everything except the PSU.

I liked the look of the old ibooks, they looked so colourful! And they are more upgradeable than the current Macbooks 

[Lord Vile]

1 hour ago, Sandro Linux said:

I looked at the ifixit teardown. Man, Macs are really unrepairable 

They’re ultra books they’re pretty much all the same. 16GB of RAM on an air shouldn’t really be needed either 

[Sandro Linux]

5 minutes ago, Lord Vile said:

They’re ultra books they’re pretty much all the same. 16GB of RAM on an air shouldn’t really be needed either 

I know, most windows laptops are the same. I have heard there are some more repairable laptops running linux from System76

[Lord Vile]

36 minutes ago, Sandro Linux said:

I know, most windows laptops are the same. I have heard there are some more repairable laptops running linux from System76

They’re just klevo? I think it’s spelled rebranded laptops with Linux installed. They’re nothing special. Just cheap laptops with Linux. 

[Sandro Linux]

37 minutes ago, Lord Vile said:

They’re just klevo? I think it’s spelled rebranded laptops with Linux installed. They’re nothing special. Just cheap laptops with Linux. 

Tuxedo computers are better though

[Grabhanem]

1 hour ago, Lord Vile said:

They’re just klevo? I think it’s spelled rebranded laptops with Linux installed. They’re nothing special. Just cheap laptops with Linux. 

To be fair, System76 does pretty thorough validation on their systems to ensure that the drivers, etc. are all stable, and I believe they use a custom open-source UEFI of some kind as well.

[Sandro Linux]

Just now, Grabhanem said:

To be fair, System76 does pretty thorough validation on their systems to ensure that the drivers, etc. are all stable, and I believe they use a custom open-source UEFI of some kind as well.

Yeah, it is called Core Boot I believe

[Lord Vile]

47 minutes ago, Grabhanem said:

To be fair, System76 does pretty thorough validation on their systems to ensure that the drivers, etc. are all stable, and I believe they use a custom open-source UEFI of some kind as well.

But it’s still a clevo laptop with custom logos and a higher price tag 

[Sandro Linux]

2 minutes ago, Lord Vile said:

But it’s still a clevo laptop with custom logos and a higher price tag 

I believe System76 design the laptops. (EDIT: I stand corrected, System76 and Tuxedo both source these chassis from clevo

[OC-Destroyer]

nope apple soldered it