- How much do you think the NOR flash costs inside this cable?
- How big do you think the firmware actually is?
- 16MB Winbond NOR flash is like $0.70 with no price breaks (for me, I am not Apple making 1 million units) - there's no way they need 1MB for two slots, much less 16MB.
- These cables retail for $49.
Two firmware boot slots is standard practice because it is essentially free to provide in any higher-end consumer electronic device: especially one that is explicitly designed to be unplugged easily.
How many support claims are saved on this $49 cable because mid-update bricking does not occur?
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"Double the flash memory" !!
- How much do you think the NOR flash costs inside this cable?
- How big do you think the firmware actually is?
- 16MB Winbond NOR flash is like $0.70 with no price breaks (for me, I am not Apple making 1 million units) - there's no way they need 1MB for two slots, much less 16MB.
- These cables retail for $49.
Two firmware boot slots is standard practice because it is essentially free to provide in any higher-end consumer electronic device: especially one that is explicitly designed to be unplugged easily.
How many support claims are saved on this $49 cable because mid-update bricking does not occur?