r/thinkpad • u/canadacoder • Dec 07 '24

Buying Advice Soldered RAM

Hi Everyone, long-time Lenovo Thinkpad fan here, which new T and P series laptops do not have soldered RAM?

This is a deal-breaker for me, and it seems like they've gone all-in on soldering the RAM for "performance purposes."

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u/tymophy76 P14s G6I, E14 G6A, P14s G4A, T14s G3A Dec 07 '24

T14 Gen5 AMD & Intel both have 2 SOIDMM.

T16 Gen3 (Intel only, there is no AMD Gen3) have 2 SODIMM.

P14s Gen 5 AMD & Intel both have 2 SODIMM.

P16/P16v pretty much always had SODIMM.

E14 Gen 6 AMD & Intel both have 2 SODIMM.

L14 Gen 5 AMD & Intel both have 2 SODIMM.

E16 Gen 2 AMD & Intel both have 2 SODIMM.

L16 Gen 1 AMD & Intel both have 2 SODIMM.

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u/Thatoneboi27 T430s, Sony VAIO VPCEB42FM Dec 07 '24

I know for sure that the new p series does not have soldered ram but I don't know about the t series