It's not the first time for sure.
I think 'computer' people are more familiar with upgrading RAM so the first thing they do is max it out; needed or not, memory is cheap. Musicians, on the other hand, seem to expect it's already in there and noone reads manuals anymore.
IMO, it would be wasteful for Roland to max the memory in all their boards off the line. There is also no financial motivation. Profit would be limited at best and at the rate prices drop it would be a loosing investment. In a way, this is beneficial to the customer as they will always be able to upgrade for less than the mfg.
sucks in an uploading way
and this means, it's slow?