> but couldn't point to RAM on a motherboard or explain what it really did.
To be fair, the last time I "opened up" a computer and changed its RAM was about 10-12 years ago, and since that time I've only worked on a Mac Mini and on a laptop meant that "opening up" computers became a thing of the past.
This was years ago, in a Windows shop, everyone had a desktop PC. Not important that the guy didn't know what was inside his desktop, but it's the lack of understanding of the server hardware his code was to run on that was the problem. In all servers and desktop PCs ~10 years ago, RAM comes as DIMMs and would be easy to locate for anyone with a passing interest in computers. I'm not talking about Apple know-nothing fanbois here.
To be fair, the last time I "opened up" a computer and changed its RAM was about 10-12 years ago, and since that time I've only worked on a Mac Mini and on a laptop meant that "opening up" computers became a thing of the past.