this post was submitted on 08 May 2024
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"we created the problem of soldered-on ram! now we have the solution: a new standard, for no fucking reason!" -every memory, board, and system company
But the article explains that there is a technical reason.
"they did it to save power!!! 111 one eleven"
there was perfectly fine memory that was upgradable before. They (system integrators/oems) saw it as a way to kill the upgrade market, boosting profits.
Yes, there was a perfectly fine, upgradable memory standard before. And many 486s were also perfectly fine, upgradable computers.
The fact that a new technology makes it so we can have our cake and eat it too
upgradability without any compromise
is a fantastic innovation.