Desktops & All-In-Ones

[Trancebear]

Crucial.com memory upgrade advisor says this computer can handle 16gb of memory but the Acer specs says 8gb. What is the actual max memory? Also is there a document that shows how to remove the metal cover that covers the memory slot (s)?

[Acer-Ryan]

I apologize as both crucial.com and the Acer spec is incorrect. We are updating the marketing specification to reflect the correct specs. This model only has one memory slot and supports a maximum of 4GB.

[AZ3600-Prospect]

1. N6ESUW=Maximum RAM/memory of the (3) Acer Aspire AZ3-600 units: so what is it absolutely & without question? as
   1. N6ESYT=the thread author states and begins quote(Crucial.com memory upgrade advisor says this computer can handle 16gb of memory) --Maybe Crucial changed it, as the Crucial Advisor Tool for the Acer Aspire Z3-600 now says tool now says quote(Maximum memory: 8192MB[; ]Slots: 1 (1 bank of 1)) plus the Crucial home page features quote(Using either tool[ (this or the scanner)] guarantees compatibility when you order on Crucial.com) -so they strongly stand behind that figure.
   2. N6ESVY=The official Acer tech (Ryan) says (replies above) the rather customer-upsetting news (announcing a spec 1/2 as high as the maker had officially announced not just before but apparently 3 months earlier at the release, and on something important: upgradability) of quote(We are updating the marketing specification to reflect the correct specs. This model only has one memory slot and supports a maximum of 4GB.)
      BUT NOW that was 2+ months ago and the official specs still say 8GB plus the Acer eBay store is selling at-least-refub units where they clearly state "RAM Expandable To: 8GB", so:
      1. N6ETOZ= Why was the Acer's tech posting wrong here? --if he was (as one would hope with that upsetting news!) as sounds likely (as the maker's specs, at least all that I've seen cited above, haven't been updated and Crucial works very hard to get it right and they corrected their spec not to 4GB but to 8GB)
      2. N6ETPN= or, if not wrong, then Why is it taking so long to update even these web specs? and When will all the official specs be corrected? --as the tech said this 2+ months ago and the unit's been out now nearing 1.5years! (released 12/5/2013),
   3. N6ETBC=If it is indeed limited to say 4GB and not at least ~"6.12GB" (my real RAM usage on my laptop this very second), then I don't see myself buying & recommending this unit (and so Acer as this is the best battery-powered All-in-One Acer offers)...
      1. N6EUU9=as a primary laptop (and I don't like fooling more than one), as then it's not just slow the major reviewers complain, but in this notable way unfixably slow
      2. N6EUUM=unless possibly  if running not Windows but Linux, as Linux tends to be more resource efficient, and indeed I plan to fully replace Windows with Linux ASAP but I haven't tested it (the GB RAM I would need under Linux) and even if it requires less the transition takes time including during I & one would need to run emulators (as Windows in a VM) at until the transfer is complete and seems it could readily (and often does) take even more RAM than only Windows running natively.
   4. N6EV1W=And, just curious as the subject comes up, if anyone knows, why are these maximum RAM expandability limits of many computers seemingly often upsettingly low?
      1. N6EV7V=Though not a motherboard engineer, I would guess it would cost little more if anything  in the device's make to not have severe limits.
      2. N6EV89=So is it that device/computer makers, to possibly undeservedly earn more profits, mostly keep these limits upsettingly low (when done) so to force buyers to soon (as a year or two later) buy another (as the maker's next) better model rather than much more simply & inexpensively upgrading the model they already have?
2. N6GEKZ=Aside: what are these codes as “N6GEKZ” on this paragraph? They're short IDs to uniquely-reference, date-stamp, and portably-track most any point, item, or content.