Laptops with upgradeable RAM?

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Am I looking for Rocking Horse poo, or is there any hope?

I need to replace my laptop - nothing heavy duty but it needs to last. Previous one was a 4th gen i5 touchscreen Lenovo 15 inch 8GB RAM

Today it seems they require my arms and at least one leg to purchase a touchscreen, so I may have to ditch that idea, but I do need to be able to upgrade RAM when necessary - 16GB models seem to be stupid expensive.
I've looked at the £500 mark over on Currys which seems to be the same as everywher else, and a 13th gen i5 or the equivalent ryzen 5 seems about ok, but none of the laptops seem to have upgradeable RAM, any suggestions?
Money is tighter than a whales backside, so I looked at Currys as they do interest free credit, but my head is spinning.
 
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Thanks.
I've been looking at Acer, HP and Lenovo mostly, but that's about it.
The only way I figured out how to check for upgradable RAM was to find a model, then look for it's motherboard on ebay etc, where I can visually see whether the RAM is upgradeable.

I got a reply from Acer about a particular model, which said 'no, not upgradeable' then 'subtract the amount intalled from the maximum and that's how much you can upgrade' :rolleyes:
 
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Did you not check out the option above with 16GB/32GB already installed?
Yes, checked them, but as I said, price is a huge factor here, which is why I am looking at Currys - they have finance options including 6/9 months interest free, and 10% interest.
The 16GB ones tend to be far more expensive than they should be. A 16GB SODIMM from Crucial costs around £95, but a laptop with 16GB instead of 8GB seems to add £100. It's milking it a bit to say the least. If there is a laptop with 8GB and is decent enough, with an option to add a SODIMM, I can do it for a lot better price.
Pulling laptops to bits is a PITA, but not rocket science. The real PITA is finding them:D
 
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