[Anunayj]

But having a on-chip memory removes my ability to swap the hardware when it breaks. Right now I can just remove* and put a new RAM for fairly cheap. Isn't that a good thing? I personally prefer modularity over Single Board computers. Or is making things modular no longer worth today?

I was having some unexpected restart issues with my one of my laptops (lenovo), which was at the time under warranty. Lenovo just swapped my whole board (Remember this is everything except the keyboard, screen and battery, so CPU + Power supply + RAM + motherboard) instead of bothering to isolate the issue. Ofcourse at the time I appreciated getting a new machine because it was covered under warranty, but it makes me uncomfortable that someone might end up paying for the complete board when say the issue was just with the power supply.

* Assuming the Ram isn't soldered on, which in the current state is often in case of laptops.