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The specs look great except for a maximum of 16GB of RAM. Unfortunately higher-RAM options have been going away, particularly as manufacturers have moved to sol
by pedrocr 7y ago
The specs look great except for a maximum of 16GB of RAM. Unfortunately higher-RAM options have been going away, particularly as manufacturers have moved to soldered RAM. The same has been happening with Thinkpads. I have a T460s with 20GB of RAM (4 soldered and 16 added). I could easily get a 32GB DIMM and have 36GB (it's been confirmed to work) and maybe 68GB in the future if 64GB DIMMS show up and work. And yet a few generations later the higher end X1 Carbon is limited to 16GB. I've seen the argument that soldered RAM can be lower-power so maybe that's where the market went. It's a pity because now that CPUs aren't getting faster at a high pace a RAM and SSD upgrade is a great way to keep older laptops working great.
- xenospn 7y agoI sure could use more ram on my 2013 MacBook Pro.
- pascoej 7y agoTo be fair, the 16GB of ram limitation is mostly Intel's fault. Low power memory in the typical laptop is still limited to 16GB. Adding non-LPDDR memory affects battery life significantly and most manufactures are unwilling to do it.
- snaky 7y agoSoldered RAM is default option on lightweight laptops, but there are 'mobile workstations' like Thinkpad P72 (up to 128 GB non-ECC or 64 GB ECC RAM, 4 sockets 2400MHz DDR4 SO-DIMM).
- pedrocr 7y agoUnfortunately that has happened, but it's not for space or weight really. The T4x0s line has a very similar form factor to the X1 Carbon and used to have only half the RAM soldered. My ideal laptop would use that same form factor and have 2 RAM slots and 3 or even 4 SSD slots. There's plenty of room.