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I guess this depends on how much you value repairability. To me it makes the difference between having a laptop or a desktop. A non-repairable laptop is inheren

I guess this depends on how much you value repairability. To me it makes the difference between having a laptop or a desktop. A non-repairable laptop is inherently unreliable as you must return it to the manufacturer for any repairs and are without a computer for that time. That makes traditional, non-repairable, laptops something you get for mobility in addition to your desktop. Not only does this increase costs significantly but also that you need to worry about syncing when moving between the two.

cosmic_cheese 1y ago
Value of repairability depends on how often things break and how accessible shops are. In my case it’s pretty unusual, and I’m not often far from an Apple store. It also depends on how much one values the qualities inherent to laptops. To me, a battery that burns through quickly is a major ding to its portability and extra overhead (needing to find outlets to sit near, having to carry a quick charging brick, etc) that I’d rather not deal with. I think there’s probably a happy medium to be found in this situation. Power consumption could be reduced by switching RAM away from DIMM slots and over to CAMM, allowing usage of efficient LPDDR modules for example, and they could also offer an ultra-low-power soldered RAM mainboard option for those willing to trade off a little bit of repairability for battery life (I’d bet most people will never bump up their RAM before upgrading their mainboard anyway). Whatever the case, repairability is something I value, but not so much that it overrules all the other qualities that make a laptop good. It’s one aspect of many.