> Their new machines have every thing soldered in place with no pesky upgrade/repair options, not even a stray NVME or RAM slot. It's amazing they left a USB port.

I'm gonna shill a bit again and say the LG Gram series belies anyone saying this has to be done for weight / slimness reasons, as even the 1.0 kg 14-inch model has two M.2 2280 slots.