Recommended Laptop Configuration Sites for Upgradeable Laptops

mikeynavy1976

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It is understandable that laptops are more difficult to upgrade than desktops, but not necessarily for all components. Hard drives, RAM, and batteries (for external battery) are the only real areas it seems that the major manufacturers (Lenovo, HP, Asus, etc.) let you change. I have found that most have BIOS limitatations that prevent upgrading Wifi, graphics (if discrete), and other components that should be upgradeable (i.e. in card form, not soldered on, etc.). Can some recommend sites or known manufacturers that use hardware with better BIOS support (e.g. no Wifi whitelists) that at least improve the "future-proofing" options when deciding on a laptop/ultrabook?
 
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There is really no good option for this, and you are not going to get an upgradeable ultrabook no matter what, my ultrabook even has soldered in memory. The only 2 things upgradeable are the wifi card and the m2 ssd.

There are custom built laptop companies out there but they are not your MSI, ASUS, Lenovo level companies, they are smaller companies that have a moderate risk of being out of business in 2-3 years. Thus even though you have a socked cpu and gpu there is no guarantee they will exist and have bios/firmware updates to support new hardware.

The fact of the matter is that it is just an "OR" situation, do you want portability OR upgradeability.
There is really no good option for this, and you are not going to get an upgradeable ultrabook no matter what, my ultrabook even has soldered in memory. The only 2 things upgradeable are the wifi card and the m2 ssd.

There are custom built laptop companies out there but they are not your MSI, ASUS, Lenovo level companies, they are smaller companies that have a moderate risk of being out of business in 2-3 years. Thus even though you have a socked cpu and gpu there is no guarantee they will exist and have bios/firmware updates to support new hardware.

The fact of the matter is that it is just an "OR" situation, do you want portability OR upgradeability.
 
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