NVMe

Dell’s Replaceable SSD Isn’t a Feature — It’s a Confession

Dell’s new laptop ships with 8GB of RAM and a user-replaceable NVMe drive. That replaceable SSD isn’t a feature — it’s a tacit admission that the system will rely on constant swap, burning through your drive’s write endurance. Linux users expecting efficient memory management are being sold a machine with a built-in expiration date.