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Not sure why you assume I don't want a repairable laptop or what some plastic USB-C port extenders have to do with modularity. Hiding a USB-C hub inside a lapt

Not sure why you assume I don't want a repairable laptop or what some plastic USB-C port extenders have to do with modularity. Hiding a USB-C hub inside a laptop and calling it "modularity" seems pretty silly. Maybe if that hub connected to some kind of riser card PCI-E interface and was replaceable I'd take this modularity claim more seriously. At least then I'd be able to replace the whole contraption with NVMe slots, a GPU, 10GigE, etc.

Dylan16807 4y ago
> Maybe if that hub connected to some kind of PCI-E interface and was replaceable I'd take this claim more seriously. Well congrats, it is connected to PCIe because it's thunderbolt, and there's no hub to need to replace because it has a direct line to the CPU (you can replace the main board if you want).
- CoolGuySteve 4y ago
  No you're missing the point. The hub itself is built into the chassis so even if it is thunderbolt, anything non-trivial I would want to connect over that bus doesn't have enough physical space in the computer unless it fits inside that tiny connector design: https://d3t0tbmlie281e.cloudfront.net/igi/framework/t5KLkw4xqNCtQyej.huge https://d3t0tbmlie281e.cloudfront.net/igi/framework/t5KLkw4x... I'd rather either have a bank of ports that can be removed as one module and replaced with a single large component or just drop the concept and put more battery in there. These tiny individual modules waste space and don't accomplish much.
  - Dylan16807 4y ago
    So you're saying you don't like the form factor of the expansion slots. Okay, I understand that. But the slots don't connect back to a hub, so it would help if you stopped using the word hub or talking about wanting to replace a supposed hub. It's four independent slots that wire back to the CPU, at least for the high speed wires.
    - CoolGuySteve 4y ago
      Alright fine, patch panel. Who gives a fuck?
      - justahuman74 4y ago
        The kinds of people who frequent HN
      - Dylan16807 4y ago
        > patch panel That's still missing the point. There isn't a thing to remove. You just want bigger slots.
        CoolGuySteve 4y ago
        You're talking in circles, the slots, their connectors, and the traces on the board are "a thing to remove" and take up considerable space. I see no point in engaging further with your pedantry trolling.
        Dylan16807 4y ago
        The traces are taking up roughly zero space. There's nothing to remove except the bit of plastic between the slots. There is no specific thing that could be removed to satisfy your desire. The difference between removing something and the type of redesign they would have to do isn't pedantry trolling.

Dylan16807 4y ago

> Maybe if that hub connected to some kind of PCI-E interface and was replaceable I'd take this claim more seriously. Well congrats, it is connected to PCIe because it's thunderbolt, and there's no hub to need to replace because it has a direct line to the CPU (you can replace the main board if you want).

CoolGuySteve 4y ago
No you're missing the point. The hub itself is built into the chassis so even if it is thunderbolt, anything non-trivial I would want to connect over that bus doesn't have enough physical space in the computer unless it fits inside that tiny connector design: https://d3t0tbmlie281e.cloudfront.net/igi/framework/t5KLkw4xqNCtQyej.huge https://d3t0tbmlie281e.cloudfront.net/igi/framework/t5KLkw4x... I'd rather either have a bank of ports that can be removed as one module and replaced with a single large component or just drop the concept and put more battery in there. These tiny individual modules waste space and don't accomplish much.
- Dylan16807 4y ago
  So you're saying you don't like the form factor of the expansion slots. Okay, I understand that. But the slots don't connect back to a hub, so it would help if you stopped using the word hub or talking about wanting to replace a supposed hub. It's four independent slots that wire back to the CPU, at least for the high speed wires.
  - CoolGuySteve 4y ago
    Alright fine, patch panel. Who gives a fuck?
    - justahuman74 4y ago
      The kinds of people who frequent HN
    - Dylan16807 4y ago
      > patch panel That's still missing the point. There isn't a thing to remove. You just want bigger slots.
      - CoolGuySteve 4y ago
        You're talking in circles, the slots, their connectors, and the traces on the board are "a thing to remove" and take up considerable space. I see no point in engaging further with your pedantry trolling.
        Dylan16807 4y ago
        The traces are taking up roughly zero space. There's nothing to remove except the bit of plastic between the slots. There is no specific thing that could be removed to satisfy your desire. The difference between removing something and the type of redesign they would have to do isn't pedantry trolling.