Thanks. I’m certainly wouldn’t want to try and upgrade any soldered RAM lol. But HP customer services essentially said it’s pretty unfixable and not worth bothering price wise to even try and fix it so is more about reliability for me if anything should go wrong and I guess I’m trying to work out (as much as anyone can really) how common issues with soldered RAM are.
Thanks, yes I think this is what’s been holding me back from the envy 16 - although it might be better under the hood I know I’d prefer ‘driving’ the envy 17. I did read that RAM failure is rare and I’d go for a 3 year care package regardless of which laptop I buy, I’m just concerned if anything happens once that’s expired but I guess I won’t be too upset if I can get it at a much cheaper price than the envy 16.
Can I ask why you don’t rate HP? I’m not into tech for tech’s sake so although I know what I’m looking for I’m not really sure which brands or lines within brands are the better options so any advice appreciated!
A desktop would definitely be a better machine overall but unfortunately I just don’t have the space for a permanent set up so I need the mobility of a laptop even if I don’t actually take it out of the house at all! So I’m looking at more of a desktop replacement standard laptop which as you point out, have got so pricey.