“Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller has allegedly responded to an email from software developer Ben Slaney to further clarify why the new MacBook Pro maxes out at 16GB of RAM, noting that supporting 32GB of RAM would require a different logic board design which might reduce space for batteries,” Joe Rossignol reports for MacRumors.
The MacBook Pro uses 16GB of very fast LPDDR memory, up to 2133MHz. To support 32GB of memory would require using DDR memory that is not low power and also require a different design of the logic board which might reduce space for batteries. Both factors would reduce battery life. — Apple SVP Phil Schiller
“Slaney himself wrote an article explaining how the new MacBook Pro uses a low power, enhanced version of DDR3 RAM called LPDDR3E, which maxes out at 16GB,” Rossignol reports. “To achieve up to 32GB RAM would have required using DDR4 RAM, but its low-power variant LPDDR4 is not supported by the Intel processors powering the late 2016 models.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Yup.
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“MacBook Pro with 32GB RAM would have compromised battery life”
So?
True . . . unless you gave it a better battery. I think most folks interested in a real pro machine could handle the extra thickness, Phil.