There’s no more room for high-end upgradable laptops Notebookcheck published an interesting editorial on a laptop feature that has almost completely disappeared from the market: the option to upgrade a CPU. A decade ago, it was common to upgrade laptop CPUs, and I even had the opportunity to upgrade two of my old laptops. However, with modern designs, upgrading CPUs is now nearly impossible. The editorial highlights that the last bastion of socketed CPUs in laptops has fallen. Only one company, Eurocom, continued to offer socketed CPU options and MXM GPU upgrades. MXM is an industry standard that allows users…
Keep on reading: Socketed CPU laptops and high-end MXM graphics are fading into history There’s no more room for high-end upgradable laptops Notebookcheck published an interesting editorial on a laptop feature that has almost completely disappeared from the market: the option to upgrade a CPU. A decade ago, it was common to upgrade laptop CPUs, and I even had the opportunity to upgrade two of my old laptops. However, with modern designs, upgrading CPUs is now nearly impossible. The editorial highlights that the last bastion of socketed CPUs in laptops has fallen. Only one company, Eurocom, continued to offer socketed CPU options and MXM GPU upgrades. MXM is an industry standard that allows users…Keep on reading: Socketed CPU laptops and high-end MXM graphics are fading into history Read More VideoCardz.com