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> I see absolutely nothing wrong with the original comment. I see a person who wants to use their Mac long-term I can put an SSD drive into my wife's 2010 Macb

> I see absolutely nothing wrong with the original comment. I see a person who wants to use their Mac long-term I can put an SSD drive into my wife's 2010 Macbook Pro, and give it new life, and Linux works really nicely on older Macs, though I'd rather let her keep her old Mac so she can look at all her old photos, etc. I can't truly do that on most Macs anymore, nor replace the RAM. Apple made their macbooks too thin, arguably I'm grateful for less carry weight, but realistically, I want to be able to replace faulty components with ease.

brookst 2y ago
As product categories mature, systems get integrated, which makes them harder for DIY repairs and upgrades. Look at the complexity of modern cars; you can’t just do an engine swap or re-gear in your garage. See also Intel’s Lunar Lake, where LPDDR is integrated on-package because it is cheaper, higher performance, and more reliable. But… not user-serviceable. It’s the curse of the hobbyist: the vast majority of buyers are not hobbyists, so product design choices do not favor the hobbyist. Best you can do is find niche brands that focus on your use cases, but of course they will have lower sales volumes, which bring different sorts of pain.
- hu3 2y ago
  Framework laptops are modern and have replaceable parts.
  - BoredPositron 2y ago
    …and they shit the bed more often than not while running Linux. Mine has sleep problems, battery drain and the trackpad does pretty much whatever it wants. The only reply we get from their Linux compatibility guy is don’t use an untested distro… which comes down to you are holding it wrong. System76 might be the better option tbh.
- goosedragons 2y ago
  Apple doesn't try. There's thinner devices out there with M.2 slots, the Surface Pro X for example is 4mm thinner than a M3 MBA and yet has an insanely easy to access M.2 slot. The other Macs are even more egregious in their lack of at least an M.2 slot. The Mini in particular could have multiple with all the wasted space in the chassis but nope, not a design goal so they don't care.
  - brookst 2y ago
    Are you saying they should do things that are not design goals?
4fterd4rk 2y ago
Oh my god I am so sick of hearing about people complaining about the ability to replace the RAM without acknowledging any of the advantages of unified memory as implemented by Apple.

brookst 2y ago

As product categories mature, systems get integrated, which makes them harder for DIY repairs and upgrades. Look at the complexity of modern cars; you can’t just do an engine swap or re-gear in your garage. See also Intel’s Lunar Lake, where LPDDR is integrated on-package because it is cheaper, higher performance, and more reliable. But… not user-serviceable. It’s the curse of the hobbyist: the vast majority of buyers are not hobbyists, so product design choices do not favor the hobbyist. Best you can do is find niche brands that focus on your use cases, but of course they will have lower sales volumes, which bring different sorts of pain.

hu3 2y ago
Framework laptops are modern and have replaceable parts.
- BoredPositron 2y ago
  …and they shit the bed more often than not while running Linux. Mine has sleep problems, battery drain and the trackpad does pretty much whatever it wants. The only reply we get from their Linux compatibility guy is don’t use an untested distro… which comes down to you are holding it wrong. System76 might be the better option tbh.
goosedragons 2y ago
Apple doesn't try. There's thinner devices out there with M.2 slots, the Surface Pro X for example is 4mm thinner than a M3 MBA and yet has an insanely easy to access M.2 slot. The other Macs are even more egregious in their lack of at least an M.2 slot. The Mini in particular could have multiple with all the wasted space in the chassis but nope, not a design goal so they don't care.
- brookst 2y ago
  Are you saying they should do things that are not design goals?

4fterd4rk 2y ago

Oh my god I am so sick of hearing about people complaining about the ability to replace the RAM without acknowledging any of the advantages of unified memory as implemented by Apple.