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Yeah, I hate this too. Either solder both in a sane dial channel configuration or have both socketed.

What is it with this 8GB soldered, one socket free thing?



Manufacturing cost reduction.


It's a weird trade off to make on a business laptop, but everyone does it now, including Lenovo with ThinkPads.

If you want the upgradability and ports of a 2011 Thinkpad you need to buy a budget gaming laptop now.


I've read that socketed can be less performant than soldered but I don't have a good source to confirm or explain why.


If it’s a standard RAM interface then no it doesn’t make any difference to performance.




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