![]() ![]() While you can find Windows laptops with swappable RAM or SSDs, nowadays, that’s a notable feature rather than an expected one. The problem is, though, that there’s a high chance that the Windows laptop this ad inspires you to buy will also have unremovable and non-upgradeable memory. While I understand that Apple building RAM into the same chip as the processor probably has some performance benefit, it does bite that you can’t upgrade - especially when M1 laptops start with a paltry 8GB and carry a $200 charge for the 16GB upgrade. Image: IntelĪs for Intel’s upgradability argument, I agree. But really, if you’ve walked into Best Buy’s laptop section at some point in the past decade, you probably would’ve seen some of the things the people in the ad are shell-shocked by: two-in-one laptops that fold to become a tablet have been popular since the early 2010s, Intel’s been pushing laptops with two screens since 2018, and PC gaming was a thing before the original IBM Personal Computer that popularized the term “PC.” To be fair, secret rooms are always pretty cool (unless they’re serial killer dungeons, I guess). ![]() I know that when it comes to tech news, there can be somewhat of a bubble, with writers and readers thinking that certain things are more well-known to the general public than they are. ![]()
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