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New? Using epoxy to make batteries hard to replace and other tweaks to make other unreliable parts hard to replace. Popular recent choices are keyboards and ba
by sliken 8y ago
New? Using epoxy to make batteries hard to replace and other tweaks to make other unreliable parts hard to replace. Popular recent choices are keyboards and backlights.
- vbezhenar 8y agoNot everyone uses Macbooks. There are plenty of laptops with easily replaceable batteries and sane keyboards. Not even talking about real computers, where you can replace everything without any tools.
- sliken 8y agoSure. But CPU manufacturers focus on where the money is, and today that's servers and laptops. While not everyone buys apple, an ever larger fraction of laptops are epoxying batteries and replacing socketed cables with hard wired parts. Just like cellphones where it's pretty common for battery life or USB failure to result in requiring a replacement.
- benrbray 8y agoBut at the same time, I'm considering replacing my 2015 HP laptop because my "A" key stopped working, and the cost to replace the keyboard is 25% the cost of a new laptop, which I'll need anyway in another year or two even if the keyboard were fixed.
- Dylan16807 8y agoWell I don't know what's up with your model, but I can get a replacement keyboard for my seven year old laptop for $25.
- sliken 8y ago15" laptops that are 2" thick are largely easy to work on and get replacement parts. However the popular "ultra" books and similar have to integrate more heavily to get close to 1". Even fans become hard to replace. Often there's no dimms (so you can't replace or add ram), even storage can be on the motherboard. They are close to disposable unfortunately.
- Dylan16807 8y agoI've had multiple ultrabooks too, measurably under an inch, and their keyboards were both thin and also easily popped out. It's disappointing to hear that many manufacturers are doing it differently.
- adrianN 8y agoPaying 25% of a new laptop to increase the lifespan of your current laptop by 25-50% is a fairly rational decision, especially if you factor in the environmental impact of replacing the whole machine.
- fungi 8y agothat pretty disappointing, i would expect a bit better from HP. is it a consumer grade or corporate model?
- pkaye 8y agoWho is using epoxy with batteries?
- potiuper 8y agoApple’s iPhone 7 Smart Battery Case is epoxy sealed to make it water resistant