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minus-squarevivadanang@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·1 year agothey don’t care because apple punishes the poors at every opportunity anyway. soldered on ram & ssd’s on their laptops for fucks sake
minus-squareAtariDump@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 year agoApple’s not the only one with soldered on components.
minus-squarevivadanang@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agodunno why you’re downvoted, you’re completely correct. BUT Apple is the only one charging eye-watering prices for the privilege. Yeah, there is that lol.
minus-squareBroccoliFarts@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoYeah I have a Thinkpad Carbon X1. It has soldered on RAM.
minus-squarevivadanang@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agough… please don’t support companies that do this. I’d never purchase a pc laptop that didn’t allow ram or ssd upgrades. insanity! I SAY! the dumbing down and enshittification will only proceed if people buy their products.
minus-squarevitriolix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoApple blazed the trail though, really pushed the idea that saving a millimeter by going to glued/soldered on components is a good idea
minus-squareAtariDump@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoApple wasn’t the first to solder components onto the motherboard.
they don’t care because apple punishes the poors at every opportunity anyway. soldered on ram & ssd’s on their laptops for fucks sake
Apple’s not the only one with soldered on components.
dunno why you’re downvoted, you’re completely correct.
BUT
Apple is the only one charging eye-watering prices for the privilege. Yeah, there is that lol.
Agreed on the cost.
Yeah I have a Thinkpad Carbon X1. It has soldered on RAM.
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ugh… please don’t support companies that do this. I’d never purchase a pc laptop that didn’t allow ram or ssd upgrades. insanity! I SAY!
the dumbing down and enshittification will only proceed if people buy their products.
Apple blazed the trail though, really pushed the idea that saving a millimeter by going to glued/soldered on components is a good idea
Apple wasn’t the first to solder components onto the motherboard.