> The Lemur Pro *starts at $1,150 for an Intel i5 machine with 8 GB of RAM* and a 256-GB SSD.
For $179[1], you can upgrade it to 40GB of RAM for a total of $1,329.
I can not tell the configuration of the slots from their specs page [0].
Their configuration page [1] confirms that it's 8GB+32GB to get the 40GB.
Why wouldn't they just offer 2x16GB to get the dual-channel memory? Unless, of course, the laptop does not support dual-channel memory...
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but most people would like to upgrade, and if it is going to most likely work on the slower speed of the second stick, it defeats the performance point altogether.
just poor design in this case.
My impression is that it would take a performance hit because it can’t “RAID-0” the memory sticks as it’d do if they were the same size.
Of course, dual channel is always better than single channel, and it gives you a performance boost if you have 2 of the same stick.
So, this thing seems a bit expensive for what is effectively yet another generic laptop with the usual underwhelming meh screen, crappy trackpad, etc. Exactly the weak points of my setup as well. But a lot more reasonably priced.
After the way netbooks went down, I have either used OS X, or Windows with VMWare/Virtual Box when needed.
Now with WSL there is one thing less to install, although with managed languages I hardly care as they abstract the underlying OS for the most part, or I just connect to a cloud instance.
Stil own an aging Asus 1215B, though.
A better option would be a low-end Dell that works just as well with Linux and costs perhaps half as much. I am yet to see a low-end Dell that doesn’t excel with Linux.