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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
by 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 agoSo 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 agoAlright fine, patch panel. Who gives a fuck?
- justahuman74 4y agoThe 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 agoYou'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 agoThe 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.