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Laptop makers are making sure people are locked in with less RAM so that they’ll buy another laptop soon. Both my last laptops were made obsolete only by less
by crossroadsguy 5y ago
Laptop makers are making sure people are locked in with less RAM so that they’ll buy another laptop soon.
Both my last laptops were made obsolete only by less RAM.
- Gigachad 5y agoI very much doubt this is the reason. Soldered on ram lowers the cost of the device, makes it thinner, and improves the reliability. At the cost of upgradability. Since the average user never upgraded the ram when they had the ability to, its purely a win for most users.
- Zak 5y agoIt also allows the manufacturer to charge users who want more RAM higher prices. They often charge much more than the street price of DIMMs.
- fock 5y agosame here...
- lotsofpulp 5y agoOr one can look at the anemic and declining profit figures for laptop makers (other than Apple) and come to the conclusion that they are desperately trying to compete by trying to meet their customer’s price points.