> sell it to me without memory (or memory at a normal price), etc... That's the catch isn't it? Manufacturers have a lot of markup on things like RAM and SSD t

> sell it to me without memory (or memory at a normal price), etc... That's the catch isn't it? Manufacturers have a lot of markup on things like RAM and SSD that they'd rather force you to upgrade on their websites than sell without memory. Anecdata: I was trying to buy a couple of Dell Laptops for our office and the Dell US website has a customize option. Base model had 4 GB RAM and the upgrade to 8 GB RAM was .. drum roll .. approx $67 [1] . Comparable one on Amazon? $37-ish [2]. You will have a lot of fun doing similar comparison with SSDs. [1]https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/dell-laptops-and-notebooks/latitude-5490/spd/latitude-14-5490-laptop/cto01ul549014us?view=configurations&configurationid=499f953c-833f-4e55-8198-2eef2d8f83cd https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/dell-laptops-and-notebo... [2] https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-PC4-19200-2400MHz-SODIMM-M471A1K43BB1-CRC/dp/B0751L2KCF/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=8GB+1x8GB+DDR4+2400MHz+Non-ECC&qid=1562222914&s=gateway&sr=8-3 https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-PC4-19200-2400MHz-SODIMM-M471...