I'm an enthusiast, but I really don't think this is a massive deal. So long as they don't push forward with ideas of soldered memory or 'secure' SSD's being the default. Know they were toying with the ideas for servers and low end boxes.
My little netbook has soldered mem and no spare socket, all because the vendor didn't change the model number... while completely changing the model itself. Now I have 4gb sitting about on my desk
