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The article is showcasing a laptop that already has delivered on your request. Interior volume is optimized onto a single board. You no longer have various head

by 1-6 5y ago

The article is showcasing a laptop that already has delivered on your request. Interior volume is optimized onto a single board. You no longer have various headers on the motherboard because of that. You can easily put a heatsink/thermal pipe on too. Laptops are perfect for this type of application. We have yet to be able to modularize smartphones in a way that will satisfy our current idea of form-factor but that will be coming too.

MisterTea 5y ago
> Interior volume is optimized onto a single board. You no longer have various headers on the motherboard because of that. The module must plug into the motherboard via a set of card edge connectors so that statement is not true. Those connectors consume board space. To be clear, I don't dislike this idea. I just don't see the need to split the motherboard in two to allow easily swapping a part that 99% of users don't need to swap often, if ever.
- tcbawo 5y ago
  I imagine that a huge percentage of laptop failures come from physical damage to the screen, hinges, keyboard, or battery. It would be nice to be able to swap the body out and be able to reuse the existing core components
  - rvense 5y ago
    Or vice versa. Think about how many fully functional keyboards, screens and laptop cases are tossed because someone wants a slightly faster CPU. I like the idea of a SoM in a laptop shell, but TBH it doesn't look like this laptop shell (as a MBP knockoff) will be particularly repairable.
    - tcbawo 5y ago
      True. If the compute module interface manages to become popular and somewhat standardized, we might start to see an investment in modular keyboards and other parts. Having reuse between models is difficult when so many parts are similar but one-off.
    - alisonkisk 5y ago
      Reselling a used fully functional laptop isn't a problem. If someone wants to waste money chasing GHz status, that's fine.

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MisterTea 5y ago

> Interior volume is optimized onto a single board. You no longer have various headers on the motherboard because of that. The module must plug into the motherboard via a set of card edge connectors so that statement is not true. Those connectors consume board space. To be clear, I don't dislike this idea. I just don't see the need to split the motherboard in two to allow easily swapping a part that 99% of users don't need to swap often, if ever.

tcbawo 5y ago
I imagine that a huge percentage of laptop failures come from physical damage to the screen, hinges, keyboard, or battery. It would be nice to be able to swap the body out and be able to reuse the existing core components
- rvense 5y ago
  Or vice versa. Think about how many fully functional keyboards, screens and laptop cases are tossed because someone wants a slightly faster CPU. I like the idea of a SoM in a laptop shell, but TBH it doesn't look like this laptop shell (as a MBP knockoff) will be particularly repairable.
  - tcbawo 5y ago
    True. If the compute module interface manages to become popular and somewhat standardized, we might start to see an investment in modular keyboards and other parts. Having reuse between models is difficult when so many parts are similar but one-off.
  - alisonkisk 5y ago
    Reselling a used fully functional laptop isn't a problem. If someone wants to waste money chasing GHz status, that's fine.