On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 12:54 PM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <l...@lkcl.net> wrote: > On 12/6/16, Adam Van Ymeren <adam.v...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 5:55 AM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton >> <l...@lkcl.net> wrote: >>> *sigh* argh i can just feel that, after thinking it through, 16GB >>> simply isn't going to be enough, long-term. >> >> Just a thought, seeing as you are already in/near China, if you find a >> suitable laptop that supports 32GB, maybe you could save some money by >> buying such a laptop with the lowest amount memory they will sell you >> and then buying the 32GB separately from some local supplier? Maybe >> you've made some connections that can hook you up? > > this may come as a surprise but the actual amount of money saved is > not that great. it would appear that the zero-tariff trade deals with > the US result in the costs being practically the same. >
Interesting, good to know. I was more thinking that the laptop manufacturers would markup the price itself to increase their margins. Last time I purchased a laptop I bought the SSD separately. > if i *did* find something that was reduced in cost significantly i > would be immediately suspicious. > > l. > > _______________________________________________ > arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk > http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook > Send large attachments to arm-netb...@files.phcomp.co.uk _______________________________________________ arm-netbook mailing list arm-netbook@lists.phcomp.co.uk http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to arm-netb...@files.phcomp.co.uk