“Who's great idea was to solder one RAM chip to the board? Why? Stability👎?”
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RAM sockets are much larger than the individual RAM chips, so soldering them down can save a lot of space. In a teeny tiny laptop like this, space is a premium. It's frankly amazing they managed to fit a socket in there at all. If you are looking for more upgradability, you need to buy a physically larger computer.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Dunno. Ask the guy at Asus who made the silly decision for the model years 2023 back through at least 2021, I guess. He’s probably the same guy who in retrospect thought that if one soldered RAM was good for 2021-2023, then it would be even better to have all two of the RAMs soldered in 2024. On the plus side, Asus saved 10 cents on a RAM socket (but not sure they passed the savings on to you). On the minus side, the 2024 4060 model is hamstrung at 16 GB RAM, whereas you could expand all 2023 G14 models to 48 GB. Hmmm - now in 2024 that “only solder down one of the RAMs” idea is looking pretty brilliant, isn’t it? It’s all relative, I guess. To be fair to Asus, half of the stupidity can be assigned to Best Buy execs, who basically told Asus “all of our customers are cheapskates, so please restrict RAM to 16 GB on our entry-level 2024 G14 Best-Buy-specific model.” Go figure.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I hope that you weren't purchasing a laptop to replace, or in place of, a desktop as that is always a bad move. Hard sacrifices have to be made when making space for all the components in a machine this slim and compact. The fact that it has any upgradable components at all is amazing.
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