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Indeed, I read the article after reading your comment and there is no insight or anything really, just a hint of a rant. Here's a nice quote from the article:
by fierarul 16y ago
Indeed, I read the article after reading your comment and there is no insight or anything really, just a hint of a rant.
Here's a nice quote from the article:
> You can buy one of Apple's various really overpriced notebooks, but the only interchangeable parts might be the hard drive and maybe the memory sticks.
... as opposed to the other laptops that have which other interchangeable parts ?
So he's just mad at Apple for providing about what they promised, minus a coffee-safe MacBook Pro, which they never claimed it was. That and because they are expensive. If a replacement MBP would have been $300, this article would have never existed.
- protomyth 16y agoYeah, your right - where are these notebooks with the interchangeable parts? Thinking about it, it still seems strange to me that we don't have something like that in the mainstream. I guess space / heat issues kill the possibility.
- azim 16y agoNvidia introduced a standard called MXM a while back for notebook graphics cards. However, hardly anyone actually uses it. As you said, space/power/thermal issues still exist, and notebook manufacturers would rather have a custom board which they can fit in to a sexy case.
- jsz0 16y agoI'm guessing he means user serviceable parts but even then he's wrong. eBay is a good source of parts if you want to fix your own machine. LCDs, keyboards, case parts, motherboards, etc.