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> Except for the parts that fail and can't be easily repaired...? And there aren't parts like that on a more open PC? I mean, if your USB port or display stop
by xienze 12y ago
> Except for the parts that fail and can't be easily repaired...?
And there aren't parts like that on a more open PC? I mean, if your USB port or display stops working, it's going to be a bit of an undertaking fixing it, glue or no glue.
> Incidentally, I know many people who are still using machines in the 6-8-year-old range, and it fits their use cases perfectly well. We're long past the days of multiple-times improvements in efficiency with each new generation of CPU, the improvements are much smaller now.
Indeed, I still have a very old laptop kicking around. But it's not my daily machine or even free from dust for that matter. I think there's a bit of masochism involved in using a machine WAAAY past its expiration date (6 years isn't, but 10 certainly is) when it's likely that a $299 Walmart special will smoke it.
> ...do you think you could do the same with this Macbook in 2045? For what tasks would it still be useful if you could?
The repairing part would be much more difficult, yes. But unless you're interested in antique computing, are you seriously going to make a go at using this thing on a day to day basis in 30 years? I really don't think that's the standard by which you should judge this thing.
And for the record, this thing would be much more equipped to handle computing 30 years from now than a machine from 30 years ago is at handling today's computing. But that's not saying much.
- tragic 12y ago> And there aren't parts like that on a more open PC? I mean, if your USB port or display stops working, it's going to be a bit of an undertaking fixing it, glue or no glue. Depends how you define "more open". With a home-built desktop, if the USB port goes, you can either get a splitter for one of your other 8 USB ports, or a PCI card with USB ports on it. You can get a new graphics card or monitor. An extensible laptop will be easy enough to fix for most failures excepting, as you say, display (as long as not ALL your USB ports go out, you can still get a splitter). And then there are apple-wannabes who glue everything together and charge a kidney for repairs. Such is life... > But unless you're interested in antique computing, are you seriously going to make a go at using this thing on a day to day basis in 30 years? Who knows? George R.R. Martin keeps an ancient DOS warhorse around so he can use Wordstar.[0] People have different needs. [0] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-27407502 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-27407502
- a_bonobo 12y ago> I mean, if your USB port or display stops working, it's going to be a bit of an undertaking fixing it, glue or no glue. I've changed the display on my Dell XPS 15 laptop and it was very easy, since there's no glue. Open the case (~8 screws), pull out keyboard, unscrew the entire "monitor" part (1 screw), pull out the cable between monitor and motherboard, pry open the "monitor" with a guitar plectrum or a screwdriver to get to the glass, push in the new glass, perform above steps in reverse. I've never done that before and with YouTube's help to find out which screws to leave in and which to take out the whole operation took about 30 min. No glue!