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Because the repairable laptops were Thinkpad-class devices which weighed quite a bit and had fucking terrible touchpads. When slim Ultrabooks (or whatever they
by nvy 3y ago
Because the repairable laptops were Thinkpad-class devices which weighed quite a bit and had fucking terrible touchpads.
When slim Ultrabooks (or whatever they were called) started appearing, those of us who actually use our laptops like a laptop (i.e. we take them places) loved how thin and light they were. Imagine fitting more than just your laptop into a backpack!
- PeterStuer 3y agoIt's perfectly possible to have slim ultrabooks with replacable batteries. We used to have phones with replaceable batteries that were thinner than than even current gen laptops.
- modo_mario 3y agoThe hell do touchpads have to do with this? Besides, the T430 had one of if not the best touchpad I ever used.
- robertlagrant 3y agoThe question was: how did we accept this change? Answer: laptops that were non-repairable were far better in various ways. Now we've got good at all those things, the next step might be reintroducing owner-replaceability of batteries etc, but there's no point pretending a lot of people didn't prefer the advantages of the sealed ones.