Lenovo ideapad 330s 15.6" Laptop, Windows 10, Intel Core i7-8550U Quad-Core processor, 4GB DDR4 RAM, 16GB Intel Optane Memory, 1TB Hard Drive $499

How heavy is this thing? It is mentioned that RAM supported 4TB.Is it really ram or harddisk??? Can harddisk be changed to SSD?

This think can't honestly only have 4GB of RAM, can it? None of the configurations in the Lenovo site show that.

sort of, it only has 4gb of actual RAM, and then it has that 16gb Optane module, which works between the HDD and the RAM as a kind of HDD independent version of an SSHDD. so commonly used files get loaded onto the high speed Optane SSD module automatically by the OS/firmware, and then the 4gb of RAM can access them rapidly more quickly than an HDD.

so, plus side is that there's at least one M.2 slot (that's what Optane connects to), and you can even get an upgraded Optane module if you want (they go up to 32GB).

Potential downside is if the RAM is soldered in, as opposed to swappable, you're stuck with a beast of a mobile processor bottlenecked by only 4gb of RAM cause Intel wanted to do some bullshit show-boating of a garbage technology

however, if its at least 1080p and the memory, HDD, and optical drives are swappable, you could move the 1TB hdd over to the optical drive slot for extra storage, put in an ssd for primary, and upgrade the RAM to 16-32GB and have a damn nice computer using other deals on SD for probably around $6-800 depending on how big of an SSD you want and how much RAM you want.

Only thing I see that could really make it better would be some sort of independent/discreet graphics, wouldn't even have to be crazy nice, just not Intel integrated, and not sucking off the low 4GB of ram the system already has (or whatever you upgrade it to)