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Re:In Defense of RAM by kees99 on Friday November 03, 2023 @12:51PM (#38131435)
> with the occasional 64GB for a specific model at high markup.

That's very much the point of soldered-down RAM, isn't it? 64GB kit (2x32GB) of 260-pin (SO-DIMM) DDR4 modules show up around $110 on amazon. But why would manufacturer give customers such option, if they can be forced to buy whole new laptop instead?

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Re:In Defense of RAM by duped on Friday November 03, 2023 @01:03PM (#38131640)
It has a lot more to do with physical space of the SODIMM slots, and in Apple's case the raw performance of on-die memory.
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Re:In Defense of RAM by throwaway49594 on Friday November 03, 2023 @01:07PM (#38131713)
If you have talented engineers this is a solvable problem.

https://www.anandtech.com/show/21069/modular-lpddr-becomes-a...

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