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By the time something breaks, you’re so far behind in tech that you’re not buying parts for it anymore. I used to be in the “must be able to fix/upgrade” and th
by culopatin 5mo ago
By the time something breaks, you’re so far behind in tech that you’re not buying parts for it anymore. I used to be in the “must be able to fix/upgrade” and then realized in practice it never happens.
- SV_BubbleTime 5mo agoOf the four frameworks I bought to test. I’ve repaired components from two, a screen and a touchpad both from damage. But, two other frameworks were totally unacceptable for users, so it wasn’t really a great experiment.
- culopatin 5mo agoOf the 6 MacBooks that have circled through my house since 2018 I’ve had to do repairs on 0 of them. 5 are still active
- ece 5mo agoLet me guess, no upgrades either.
- culopatin 5mo agoDidnt really need any. I’m still using my M1 Pro from when it was released. My mom using the oldest Air now.
- ece 5mo agoI've upgraded my desktops more with GPUs and power supplies accordingly, but old laptop SSDs make fine backup enclosure drives (no I haven't seen them lose data when unplugged) and upgrading RAM for larger models on a AMD Zen 2 laptop worked pretty great for me. None of these were needed, they were just nice to be able to do mostly before the higher RAM prices started.