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Making things modular will make them more expensive and create more failure. Each connector, slot, screw is a cost and failure addition. Give me all the compon
by alfor 3y ago
Making things modular will make them more expensive and create more failure.
Each connector, slot, screw is a cost and failure addition.
Give me all the components soldered on the motherboard with a reasonable price.
By the time you want to upgrade all the component are obsolete anyway.
But to each their own, competition and choice is a good thing.
- rstat1 3y agoNah I'll take an easily repairable machine with upgradable/replaceable parts over soldered downed unrepairable e-waste any day of the week.
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- alphablended 3y ago> Making things modular will make them more expensive and create more failure. This may be true, but how much will the failure rate increase by? Isn't it worth the added flexibility? > Each connector, slot, screw is a cost and failure addition. One distinctive feature of the framework laptop is is minimal use of screws, to make it easier for maintenance (and tinkering I suppose).
- mixmastamyk 3y agoFailures don’t typically happen in that time frame either. My Dell from 2010 or so with detachable battery is sitting here collecting dust still works fine. I upgraded the RAM and disk in its prime as well, why it lasted so long. https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Dell+Studio+XPS+1645+Battery+Replacement/106536 https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Dell+Studio+XPS+1645+Battery+Re...
- yencabulator 3y ago> Give me all the components soldered on the motherboard That's actually undesirable for any connectors. Having connectors on separate PCBs is standard practice and lets them flex a little. Framework improves on that one more step because the adapters are on "rails", further minimizing the movement transferred to the actual USB-C port behind them.