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Desktop computers are still pretty popular. Especially among PC gamers. That is the only example I can think of to refute your comment. Edit: but it only works

Desktop computers are still pretty popular. Especially among PC gamers. That is the only example I can think of to refute your comment. Edit: but it only works because of the space in a PC tower. It doesn't work for laptops, and I was sort of in the same boat as you. I couldn't imagine it would work for phones. Specifically that they are so space constrained.

Zigurd 10y ago
Yes, they are modular. But the reason laptops took over the mainstream PC market is that modularity had an incremental cost, and was VERY seldom used, and when it was used, it caused problems that are relatively expensive compared to the cost of the PC. It was easier to make a range of non-modular products to cover any variability in needs. Now modularity in PCs is the domain of gaming PCs, plus a few speciality niches. Gamers as a market could be seen as analogous to audiophiles: a bit cranky and hard to please.