Dell and Lenovo may limit mid-range laptops to 8GB DDR5 RAM in response to rising memory prices

[Redaktion]

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.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Dell-and-Lenovo-may-limit-mid-range-laptops-to-8GB-DDR5-RAM-in-response-to-rising-memory-prices.1185957.0.html

[indyp]

I'll stick with an older laptop with 16 Gib for many years before I go back to caveman 8Gib again.

[A]

How about using the opportunity to offer the 0gb ram option? Their ram has always been a rip off.

[Bizarro_NikoB]

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.

[mythoughtsOnRAM]

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.

[Julian M]

Definitely waiting for this AI/datacenter/chipflation farce to burst into flames.