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Already were: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201191

> 2666MHz

Isn't that slow? And expensive, as usual. I'm looking at 16GB (8x2) 3200MHz for $109 on newegg. The iMac upgrade from 8 to 16GB is $200!

I haven't needed to touch my memory in forever; why is this still apparently weighed so heavily? Or is that one of those things where you try to go around the Apple tax of more memory by installing your own?

Because when RAM was dirt cheap, you would pay triple the price if ordered from Apple. It's ridiculous.

Yes, and not just initially. Right now you can save something like $600 over the 64GB price but in a year those numbers will probably have improved and Apple won't have lowered the stock price at all.

RAM is currently my only major limitation on a computer.

Being able to upgrade it down the line (or immediately because only small sizes are offered) is ideal.