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by npunt 2036 days ago
GP means LPDDR3 support which capped out at 16gb on intel, which was because their 10nm lines with LPDDR4 were delayed years. It was always possible to use regular DDR but for laptops the low power variant is important.
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... and yet they use DDR4 (not LP) on at least one of their laptop lines.
Yes they do on the 16”, after years of complaints from users who didn’t understand the constraint, and which they added the maximum allowable battery size to (~100wH), and it still only lasts 3-4h in moderate use.
They switched it on the 2018 15-inch and it didn't change the battery life at all.
Seemingly out of necessity?
GP didn't write about LPDDR3, just a vague statement that intel cpus didn't support > 16GB RAM, which I proved was wrong.