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Re:Apple has a memory problem and we're all paying for it by notpushkin on Friday November 10, 2023 @11:24AM (#38220773)
> Soldered RAM can be somewhat higher speed and lower energy than replaceable

Can we have one piece of soldered RAM and one slot to add more RAM later on though? (at the cost of possibly unmatched speed and other stuff that happens when you mix and match RAM as you like)

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Re:Apple has a memory problem and we're all paying for it by ahartmetz on Friday November 10, 2023 @02:30PM (#38223384)
You can. My Thinkpad T14 Gen1 AMD has that. I'd prefer two sticks over soldered + stick. Also, memory bandwidth is usually kind of crap unless you add that memory stick in the slot. Typically 25-40% (GPU) performance difference in games between stick and no stick. At least the 16 GB -> 32 GB factory upgrade was cheap, they can't charge crazy prices because people would just buy the RAM separately.
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