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I knew Apple was one of the first to start doing this around 2015, and it really annoyed me as it forced you into maximizing buying the beast to start with. Now Dell is doing it with some lines, and I expect others will be following.
The reason? Space. Gotta make everything thinner! There's also an advantage in performance, which leads to lower power consumption.
Personally, I'd have no problem with laptops being a little thicker in exchange for being more serviceable and upgradeable! But they don't ask my opinion, so my voice doesn't get heard. I think there's a limit as to how thin things should be: I regularly use a Dell laptop at work, and while it isn't remotely an ultra-thin, you have to use two hands to open it because the hinge stiffness versus the weight in the lower case is too much. Ridiculous and bad design.
End of rant.
https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/why-laptops-in-2024-use-soldered-ram/
The reason? Space. Gotta make everything thinner! There's also an advantage in performance, which leads to lower power consumption.
Personally, I'd have no problem with laptops being a little thicker in exchange for being more serviceable and upgradeable! But they don't ask my opinion, so my voice doesn't get heard. I think there's a limit as to how thin things should be: I regularly use a Dell laptop at work, and while it isn't remotely an ultra-thin, you have to use two hands to open it because the hinge stiffness versus the weight in the lower case is too much. Ridiculous and bad design.
End of rant.
https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/why-laptops-in-2024-use-soldered-ram/
