[OtinG]

Have you guys ever worked in a techie company? I worked in several over a quarter of a century, all software companies. The interesting thing is that even among the software development staff including programmers, QA folks, technical writers, etc., the odd thing was that only about 5-10% of those people could open an older WinTel box and change the RAM. Why? Because they had never even tried or just assumed it was too complicated. So if the vast majority of folks in a techie job were unlikely to attempt what was a rather simple task for many of us back in the 1980s through the early 2000s, I have to assume the same will be true for today with the new Mac mini 2018. Albeit a younger generation now is the primary target rather than my generation. I wish I had a dollar for every friend and relative who owned a WinTel machine back in those days who asked me to come over and upgrade their PC. It was usually a very quick and easy task. I'm still amazed at the numbers of people who own computers but have no clue how to even do simple upgrades. Now a days I try not to overestimate their abilities or their desire to tackle even the easiest of these upgrades. And upgrading the Mac mini 2018 is not that easy for most people. But enough...I'm tired of arguing with people who apparently cannot see things through anyone else's eyes but their own. Not everyone is like us, most computer owners I've met and known and worked with in the past 37 years would consider this RAM upgrade to be more than they would be willing to take on. And I'm pretty sure Apple thinks that too.

BTW, I think there are a lot of people who want a less expensive Mac and don't care if they need to provide the keyboard, mouse, and monitor separately. Yes a lot of sales will go to server farms, but a lot will go to individuals who want a Mac but have a limited budget and cannot afford or justify paying for a more expensive iMac, MBA, MB, MBP, or MPro.