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I wanted to buy a new laptop last year and was shocked: 1/ A lot of them (most?) had 8Go of RAM. 16Go is rare and 32Go even more. What year is it?! 2/ Most ha
by conradfr 5y ago
I wanted to buy a new laptop last year and was shocked:
1/ A lot of them (most?) had 8Go of RAM. 16Go is rare and 32Go even more. What year is it?!
2/ Most have soldiered RAM without an additional slot.
- dwaite 5y agoSoldered ram significantly decreases repair incidents (from unseated laptop ram) and increases runtime reliability (from direct electrical contact of said ram). It allows for the machine to ship with an optimized ram configuration (lane count, timing). It also reduces the part cost and device footprint.
- donmcronald 5y agoMost RAM comes with a "lifetime" warranty. IMO if the soldered RAM is so great, they should give me a lifetime guarantee they'll replace the MB if the soldered RAM fails. Then I'd be ok with it.
- dwaite 5y agoIn the sense that products which do not support third-party repairability should generally have a higher first party warranty requirement, I agree.
- m463 5y agoThen they should charge less for soldered ram - more in line with wholesale prices.
- donmcronald 5y agoAnd it's impossible to buy an upgrade for just one component. If you want 16GB of RAM you better be ready to buy an i7. If you want a nice 4k display you better be ready to buy a totally maxed out machine. Just being able to use my own NVMe disk in something like a Framework translates into savings for me because I don't need a huge disk in my laptop and can reuse one that's too small for my server or desktop.