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Yeah, I hate this too. Either solder both in a sane dial channel configuration or have both socketed. What is it with this 8GB soldered, one socket free thing?

• iasay 4y ago
  Manufacturing cost reduction.
  • sascha_sl 4y ago
    It's a weird trade off to make on a business laptop, but everyone does it now, including Lenovo with ThinkPads. If you want the upgradability and ports of a 2011 Thinkpad you need to buy a budget gaming laptop now.
  • trelane 4y ago
    I've read that socketed can be less performant than soldered but I don't have a good source to confirm or explain why.
    • iasay 4y ago
      If it’s a standard RAM interface then no it doesn’t make any difference to performance.