It would be a brilliant move if it wasn't castrated with 8 GB, even my netbook from 2009 got upgraded to 16 GB during its lifetime, which ended in 2024.

A netbook from 2009, already had the capability to get RAM sticks up to 16 GB in total, go figure!

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anakaine an hour ago | parent | next [-]

And they needed it.

An 8gb macbook air is sufficient for browsing, writing, and viewing. These machines are aimed at low end users / high school / cheap college machines.

	▲	pjmlp 14 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Outside US those demographics will be buying cheaper PC laptops under 500 euro, with higher RAM. Open a couple of Electron crap apps, and the 8 GB are gone.

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kingkawn an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Is it a side effect of spiking ram prices and trying to meet their momentary price point?

	▲	pjmlp 12 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		It is a hard limit of using a phone SOC, it has what it has.