Shit, looks like the crazy stock bubble is starting to dwarf and eat into the consumer market instead of just bursting…
Dell and Lenovo may limit mid-range laptops to 8GB DDR5 RAM in response to rising memory prices
Submitted 2 weeks ago by themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to technology@lemmy.world
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Gsus4@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Infect everything. Claim you need bailouts because everything has AI in it.
Surp@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Back to windows xp for me!
themaninblack@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Weird way to spell Linux Mint
WhatGodIsMadeOf@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Apples going to come out with a 4gb phone and somehow still pitch it as a glorious innovation.
DarkFuture@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Welp, glad the old laptop physically broke last night and I bought a new one with 16gb on Xmas sale today.
Also glad I built a new PC last year. Not gonna be upgrading anything for the foreseeable future the way things are looking.
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
I… ok.
Am I an idiot, or… at least when it comes to system RAM…
Do you really need DDR5 RAM, instead of DDR4?
Like, say I have 32 GB or DDR4 vs 32GB of DDR5.
Beyond I guess crushing some benchmark software harder… what are the actual practical benefits of this?
For an average person?
What can I do with 32 gigs of DDR5 that I can’t do with 32 gigs of DDR4? Or 16? Or 24?
BigDiction@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Typically the CPU and motherboard are both tied to a specific generation of RAM, which is keyed and traced differently on the motherboard for DDR 4 vs 5.
For example the current AMD socket AM5 requires DDR 5. You’d have to go back to AM4 Ryzen 5000 series for DDR 4 support.
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
I mean… I know that…
But my question still stands.
Ceteris paribus, keep as much else the same, same GPU, similar CPU by benchmark scores… swap the mobo and the sys ram…
What do you actually gain by going from DDR4 to DDR5, in total, end-state capabilities?
DDR5 is faster.
What kinda stuff actually needs that being faster, actually benefits from it?
WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
Oh the irony that I have 16 GB RAM on my old Lenovo
BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I have 16 GB in my 2014 laptop that still serves as my daily driver. 8 GB twelve years later is a joke.
WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
I feel like old money, and I’m poor as fuck. What is this dark age of humanity?
Let’s make our own RAM fab, and call it Lemmy inc!
COASTER1921@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
All web browsers are nearly unusable with 4gb of RAM lately. Even with desktop Linux I usually have nearly my full 8gb used. With 8gb AND Windows it’s only a matter of time before these computers become unusable…
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Meanwhile my ThinkPad L440 will soon receive an upgrade to 16 GB of RAM. (I wonder if I can get a CPU upgrade to a Core i7)
Engywuck@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Lenovo being Apple.
mlg@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 2 weeks ago
I bought a 64gb desktop in late 2024, in addition to many other expensive features. They can kiss my ass.
ChokingHazard@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
This is not limiting mid-range laptops. This is making more low-range laptops. Just because you’re making more lower tiered laptops doesn’t mean the midrange adjusts as mid-range is based on specs/performance. This is basic taxonomy.
The average laptop produced by these 2 manufacturers will see a decrease in specs.
Eryn6844@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
and cant we just put fucking ddr4 or ddr3 on it? why does it got to be bleeding edge all the time?
Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Hasn’t Dell had a bit of a rough patch with they’re laptops lately?
It would seem like absorbing this RAM shit storm would help out their image right now.
relativestranger@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
dell’s been going down the crapper for at least a decade… ever since dell and the vultures took it private ~ 2013.
Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I have an XPS 13 9310 OLED that’s been pretty great so I personally don’t have issues with Dell. IMHO Dell also makes pretty good panels my U3023E has been color accurate and a dependable hub for all my computers.
LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
🙄
kerrigan778@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Lol, forget a browser, is that even enough to run Windows 11 well?
angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
Just give me DDR4 then.
Cort@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Sorry. New processors only use ddr5. You’ll have to buy something used (or low end old-stock) if you want ddr4
angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
I just did a new build with DDR4 because I was panicked about rising costs, and I don’t think the Ryzen 7 5800X counts as low end, or at least it didn’t when it was new. You’re probably right about it being old stock though, and none of this is relevant to laptops.
ekZepp@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I may limit myself buy one as well.
Infernal_pizza@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Windows 11 is actually unusable on 8GB RAM
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
What do you mean? You can browse like one web page with 8GB of RAM. 😜