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With DDR5 RAM prices skyrocketing, some mid-range laptops could soon ship with budget-level specs. TrendForce expects companies like Dell and Lenovo to stock more notebooks with 8GB of memory. These reasonably priced options may no longer handle intense office and gaming tasks.

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[–] rimu@piefed.social 20 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Maybe they'll (re)start selling laptops with Linux pre-installed!

Or switch to ddr4, lol. Laptop CPUs are crippled garbage anyway, might as well use old ram.

[–] T4V0@lemmy.pt 9 points 3 weeks ago

At least in my country DDR4 prices already increased by a factor of 2~3, so don't count on that.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago

It's not really any cheaper. The only way you can save money is by not buying anything but sticking with what you have already.