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by c0balt 704 days ago
I can see the advantage from the manufacturer side but I don't think this will be good for longevity of these devices.

In my experience DDR3/4 on laptops is a common component to fail and will often fail before even discs or a CPU. DDR5 is not old enough yet but I would wager this pattern will continue.

One can hope their integrated RAM is more durable. It would be a shame to see soldered CPUs being unusable because of RAM failures. This would make repair for old devices even more financially unviable.