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RAM price hikes: the latest on the global memory shortage

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Dominic Preston
There is no new normal.

Tech reviews are tricky beasts at the best of times. But things get a lot trickier when products like the Framework Laptop 13 Pro jump by $800 before they ever launch. When everything is expensive — and continually rising higher — what counts as good value?

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RAMageddon is just making these reviews impossible, no? It’s hard to say what’s good when the price is so out of whack.

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