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I would prefer to have 32 Gb of cheap "slow" 3200 MT/s RAM rather than 4 or 8 Gb of soldered 4300 MT/s LPDDR4 RAM. The increase in speed isn't worth decrease in
by codedokode 4y ago
I would prefer to have 32 Gb of cheap "slow" 3200 MT/s RAM rather than 4 or 8 Gb of soldered 4300 MT/s LPDDR4 RAM. The increase in speed isn't worth decrease in size.
Also, in cheap laptops soldered RAM often has lower speeds, same as replaceable one.
And if RAM has to be soldered, then the board with CPU, GPU and RAM could be made replaceable so that you can upgrade it later without buying a new device. Obviously, manufacturers don't want that.
- jeroenhd 4y ago> And if RAM has to be soldered, then the board with CPU, GPU and RAM could be made replaceable so that you can upgrade it later without buying a new device. Obviously, manufacturers don't want that. Dell is on a new replaceable RAM standard. It's already been designed for their own products, but they're working with JEDEC to make it a standard: https://www.storagereview.com/review/dell-camm-dram-the-new-laptop-standard https://www.storagereview.com/review/dell-camm-dram-the-new-... I also prefer upgradeable laptops over bleeding edge performance but the reality is that most consumers never upgrade their laptops (and if they do, only to add more storage). Until a large amount of customers start factoring repairability and upgradeability into their purchasing decisions, we'll only see soldered down RAM.