Of course upgrading RAM is simple in a laptop, but I said that "much," not RAM, lol. It took me 6+ hours just to replace my display and cosmetics are still fucked from it. I think we're talking about two different things. I know there is no way 99.9% of people, including myself, can build a laptop from scratch period, much less at a rate that saves money. Any parts you buy would have to be specifically designed and in production for already existing cases, so there's no escaping a "shit motherboard/power supply/case/etc" that isn't already being used by Dell, HP, etc. PC's are a different story.