> Lenovo X1 charges $170 to go from 8GB to 16GB. I have a Beelink miniPC that takes $70 to upgrade to 32BG of RAM, and that involves buying 2*16GB of RAM. Tha

> Lenovo X1 charges $170 to go from 8GB to 16GB. I have a Beelink miniPC that takes $70 to upgrade to 32BG of RAM, and that involves buying 2*16GB of RAM. That's 1/3 the cost to get twice the memory you mention in your case. There is no way around it.