> I haven't seen an $400 laptop you can upgrade the memory for. Perhaps they exist, but I've never seen one. I hope you mean recently... like in the last 2-3 y

> I haven't seen an $400 laptop you can upgrade the memory for. Perhaps they exist, but I've never seen one. I hope you mean recently... like in the last 2-3 years. Because it's a recent trend and I personally hate it. Wasteful as hell. But it used to be the norm, especially on cheaper laptops.