Are laptop manufacturers just gimping ram on purpose?

Whenever I come across a sleek, new laptop that has excellent battery life and other features, it usually has a meager 16GB of RAM and cannot be upgraded. Take the recently released Lenovo Yoga 7i AURA, for instance. It is almost ideal, but why only 16GB is the only option available? or the Vivobook S 14, which has some of the greatest CPUs available right now and ships with a maximum capacity of 24GB, at least in Europe.
You can not really utilize it for anything useful with all that power and portability because everything in this category demands more RAM. The Zephyrus G14, which includes a GPU, is very expensive, and still has a base RAM of 16GB, is not even mentioned. This would have been typical ten years ago, I promise, but it is becoming more and more disappointing now, especially when adding it would not even be that costly. It almost seems like they are counting on this to compel users to upgrade even further.
It would be great if the reviewers will take the time to examine the base models of the gadgets, highlighting this problem.

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The end consumers buy new ones in a few years because the PC parts are no longer available after three years and the RAM and SSD were soldered in. Guys quickly purchase a second, more transitory MacBook or gaming PC.

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Although it is annoying when RAM cannot be upgraded, 16GB is still more than enough for modern ultra handhelds.`

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Yes, I do not see why one needs more than 16 GB. I could see the necessity for 32GB or more in a gaming laptop.

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As an administrator, I use an 8 GB laptop, and it functions perfectly. Considering it is five years old, it is not the fastest. A new PC with 16 GB is more than adequate for standard job duties.

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Simply replace it if you are not happy; it is likely easier and less expensive.

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What productive work need more RAM than 16GB? The only thing that would require more would be CG rendering, but even then, you could just buy a cheap gaming laptop and improve it yourself.

16GB of RAM plus 8–16GB of VRAM should be sufficient for high-end gaming.

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