Originally Posted by
kanebear
It's always easy to pay too much to get a 'value' in old technology. It's much harder to find the best deal on later technology but is possible.
The best deal on later technology always depreciates faster than the best deal on earlier technology.
Originally Posted by
kanebear
Memory is so cheap now there's no reason NOT to stuff a laptop to it's maximum.
There is a reason if it's made by Sony. If you max out its RAM, it creates more heat that the machine was designed to dispose of. The solder connections in the SODIMM slots go bad, and you have to repair or replace the sockets. "Bleeding edge."