Originally Posted by
javabytes
The X1 Carbon is a decent machine - great, even, with the newer display options, but just like the XPS 13, one should be aware that RAM is soldered on and tops out at 16GB.
I had actually forgotten that about the X1 Carbon, and that's one advantage of the Dell Latitude 7490. I doubt my wife is ever going to need to go to 32gb on hers (or likely 64gb, when 32gb DIMMs are readily available) but given how long she keeps laptops for it's not entirely implausible, and I could see some light-duty development workloads today where a U-series quad core i7 like the ones in the X1/7490/XPS13 would be adequate but 16GB would be limiting.
Originally Posted by
spartacus
If you are anywhere close to the Omaha area, do yourself a favor and look into Shrock Innovations. They are a top-notch local company that has great deals and will build according to your individual needs. And it will not be as expensive as one may expect for a custom laptop.
"Custom" laptops (and a lot of minor brand ones) are generally just barebones ones from the same handful of companies with a few parts out of the bin, and the OEM of the barebones model obscured. Nothing wrong with that, but there's fundamentally very little you can customize these days beyond what's already available as variations on build to order from Dell/HP/Lenovo.