ylai@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoiFixit hails replaceable LPCAMM2 laptop memory as a 'big deal'www.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10cross-posted to: selfrepair@lemmy.ml
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minus-squarethemachine@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoBut the article explains that there is a technical reason.
minus-squareAggressivelyPassive@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoI still don’t understand, why this is seemingly no problem in any other application. Desktops, servers and even some chonkier laptops manage to work with regular (SO)DIMMs just fine.
minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoNormal DIMMs work fine but soldered RAM can just be much faster and in general better. It’s not an acceptable compromise on most desktops but for laptops which also has to be smaller and need to worry about stuff like battery life, it matters more.
minus-squareparaphrand@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoSounds like there is a bunch of nuance in this topic!
minus-squareAggressivelyPassive@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoBut I want clear black and white distinctions and outrage!!!
But the article explains that there is a technical reason.
I still don’t understand, why this is seemingly no problem in any other application.
Desktops, servers and even some chonkier laptops manage to work with regular (SO)DIMMs just fine.
Normal DIMMs work fine but soldered RAM can just be much faster and in general better. It’s not an acceptable compromise on most desktops but for laptops which also has to be smaller and need to worry about stuff like battery life, it matters more.
Sounds like there is a bunch of nuance in this topic!
But I want clear black and white distinctions and outrage!!!