> I don't have the actual prices but it's safe to assume that units with better wifi cards would have cost more. Depending on how they structured their pricing:

> I don't have the actual prices but it's safe to assume that units with better wifi cards would have cost more. Depending on how they structured their pricing: it may have been been cheaper to get the lower-end units and install your own wifi cards rather than buy the higher-specced ones from the factory. By blocking owners from using 3rd-party parts the laptop manufacturer can squeeze more money out of customers, but in doing so also deprives the customer of traditional upgrade rights and repair rights. If we really want to reduce electronic waste, we need to start much stricter regulations against companies about repair-hostile blocks in their electronic hardware.