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> but was shipped anyway, possibly so someone could save face Was shipped anyway because it can be disabled with a firmware update and because drastically alte
by akira2501 2y ago
> but was shipped anyway, possibly so someone could save face
Was shipped anyway because it can be disabled with a firmware update and because drastically altering physical hardware layouts mid design was likely to have worse impacts.
- readyplayernull 2y agoThat bathroom with a door to the kitchen.
- eek2121 2y agoWell that and changing a chip can take years due to redesigning, putting through validation, RTM, and time to create. Building chips is a multiyear process and most folks don’t understand this.
- usrusr 2y agoWhat you describe would be shipped physically but disabled, and that certainly happens a lot. For exactly those reasons. What GP described was shipped not only physically present but also not even disabled, because politics. That would be a very different thing.