However, enough RAM prevents additional disk operations, which draw substantially more power, be it an SSD or spinning disk. Also, RAM typically draws very lit

However, enough RAM prevents additional disk operations, which draw substantially more power, be it an SSD or spinning disk. Also, RAM typically draws very little power compared to other components (screen, etc, etc). The reason why we are still having discussions about the specs on low-end / ultraportable laptops is that they are so often almost useful, but take things one step too far.