> Upgradeable RAM is a very niche demand. If your goals are simultaneously to keep a machine forever while minimizing upfront cost, then compromising form to ma

> Upgradeable RAM is a very niche demand. If your goals are simultaneously to keep a machine forever while minimizing upfront cost, then compromising form to make RAM upgradeable is a reasonable decision. However, most people just want an all-new laptop come upgrade time because CPUs and GPUs are advancing rapidly. People who know they’re going to keep the laptop forever will spend an extra couple hundred on RAM up front. I work with IT support and I can tell you upgradeable RAM is NOT a very niche demand. Upgrade RAM is the 1st thing users ask when their computer are becoming slow and believe me, they always get very upset when they find out their laptops don't have an expansion slot.