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Jun 9, 2025 12:08 PM
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popular Posted by phoinix | Staff • 4d ago
Jun 9, 2025 12:08 PM
$130.99*: 64GB Crucial DDR5 5600MHz Laptop Memory (2x32GB) at Amazon
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96 is 194.89 = $2.03/GB
1 cent better value per GB? That's definitely not a reason to go 96 if 64 will do.
The issue I see is that most newer (budget) laptops have at least one soldered stick out of two. More and more laptops are not upgradeable at all for the RAM. These pairs of RAM modules are becoming much less useful.
Remember when you could access the RAM & HDD by removing a simple cover with screws? Now you have to (carefully) pry the whole bottom off. Sometimes, you also need to remove other things to get to what you want to upgrade.
Remember when you could easily replace the battery, because it simply clipped in without requiring any other removal (Like older cell phones)?
Those were the good old days, as far as upgrading. Now it's all about cost-cutting. I suppose they figure most won't bother with replacing batteries or user upgrades, so they don't spend a few more dollars to make them user-friendly for such tasks.
End rant.