It's a smart move. For mid lower laptops put the old legacy door with one screw to open a Ram slot so later the user can plug in a reduced price 8gb chip. Only the lowest windows models should be limited forever to 8gb.
So glad I have everything I need to safely ride out this AI dot com bust when it happens.
Im waiting for Sam Altman to argue OpenAI is too big to fail and demand tax payer bailouts after grifting so much investment capital on the false promise of an AI future.
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.