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It is very nice; the model of 'everything is soldered down' is really annoying wherever you find it (my BMW, my Mac, &c.) But I think that the difference in cos
by jfb 13y ago
It is very nice; the model of 'everything is soldered down' is really annoying wherever you find it (my BMW, my Mac, &c.) But I think that the difference in cost between standard expandable hardware and custom stuff is shrinking really rapidly, meaning that designers can now do more things with e.g. thermals or layout that are not feasible using PC style standard hardware.
The age of swapping out parts is coming to a close, I fear.
- gte910h 13y agoYeah, internal interchangeability without a soldering iron is coming at a real cost these days. External buses are faster than ever though, so many things go quite quickly through those for expansion capability.
- gtaylor 13y ago> The age of swapping out parts is coming to a close, I fear. Wat? TigerDirect, NewEgg, Amazon, and many others have something to say about that. This stuff is cheaper than it EVER has been. Want a bunch of RAM? Get it for under $100. Want a decent 500 GB hard drive? Under $100. Decent processor? Under $100. Decent motherboard? Under $100. Or are you talking about swapping parts out of pre-assembled computers?