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You can clearly see the cost of modularity if you compare my current laptop to my previous one. My current laptop is a 15" retina MacBook Pro. It isn't upgrada
by sitharus 13y ago
You can clearly see the cost of modularity if you compare my current laptop to my previous one.
My current laptop is a 15" retina MacBook Pro. It isn't upgradable in any real sense of the word.
My previous laptop was a 15" MacBook Pro. I could upgrade the RAM and HDD, and with little difficulty replace the battery.
The upgradable one is 5mm-ish thicker and about 400 grams heavier.
Not a true apples-to-apples comparison, but it does show the bulk added by having end user interchangeable connections on the hardware.
- elnate 13y ago> Not a true apples-to-apples comparison HA
- jkh123 13y agoIf I recall correctly the standard MacBook Pro also sports a DVD-slot drive, which may attribute to quite a bit of the added weight and size. However I do agree, that modularity will come at the prize of less miniaturization. And with mobile phones this is even more of an issue.
- smackfu 13y agoDefinitely agree with you on the space/volume issue, but I don't think most of that weight gain comes from modularity. Because 400 grams is a lot of weight. I think it's probably mostly the hard drive weight.
- outworlder 13y agoHsrd drives do not weight as much, unless you are talking about 3.5" drives, not laptop drives.