With DDR5 RAM prices skyrocketing, some mid-range laptops could soon ship with budget-level specs. TrendForce expects companies like Dell and Lenovo to stock more notebooks with 8GB of memory. These reasonably priced options may no longer handle intense office and gaming tasks.
I don’t think that the NVMe shortage is that big of a deal in terms of using it for swap. It’s much cheaper than DRAM per GB. You don’t need that much.