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Dell and Lenovo may limit mid-range laptops to 8GB DDR5 RAM in response to rising memory prices (www.notebookcheck.net)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by Rekall_Incorporated@piefed.social to c/hardware@lemmy.world

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With DDR5 RAM prices skyrocketing, some mid-range laptops could soon ship with budget-level specs. TrendForce expects companies like Dell and Lenovo to stock more notebooks with 8GB of memory. These reasonably priced options may no longer handle intense office and gaming tasks.

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[–] nesc@lemmy.cafe 57 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

This is hell, not only they are soldering fucking ram you can't even buy laptop with viable amount of memory.

[–] markz@suppo.fi 9 points 4 days ago

First invetion from AGI was manufactured e-waste

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Now that we're getting CAMM2 modules, we might see more non-soldered RAM again.

LPDDR just couldn't be done with DIMMs. LPDDR saves power and laptop manufacturers want to compete on battery life. CAMM allows for LPDDR.

[–] nesc@lemmy.cafe 2 points 3 days ago

Hope this is true, but it really makes no sense for them to allow people upgrades. Endgame here is to make laptops like phones