Retail DIMMs are more expensive than soldered RAM so that just makes things worse.

The price difference in terms of manufacturing cost is immaterial. But if people can't afford a machine with 32GB anymore then they're going to suffer one with 8GB knowing from the outset that it's not enough and then have a strong preference for the ability to upgrade it later when prices come back down or they get more money.

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Computer0 2 days ago | parent [-]

Do most people know what the bottlenecks of their computing experience are?

	▲	zrm 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Most people have access to the internet where you can ask people what they recommend if you don't know yourself.