I came across an article today discussing repairable laptops, which mirrors Paul’s comments on yesterday’s Windows Weekly. The article mentioned a modular, repairable 13-inch laptop, even to the extent where you can get the parts shipped to you and build it yourself! The Framework laptop (https://frame.work) looks very interesting in that ports are modular and replacing components looks to be relatively simple.
I’ve seen modular phones in the past, but they all went the way of the dodo… do you think this type of this can catch on? I’m struggling with the limited performance of my Surface Pro and contemplating an upgrade. This may prove interesting if the processor and chipsets are reasonable.
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<blockquote><em><a href="#615476">In reply to Chris_Kez:</a></em></blockquote><p>Yeah, have to agree.</p><p><br></p><p>If you're a IT geek who loves upgrading, what's the likelihood you're going to opt for a laptop over a desktop in the first place?</p><p><br></p><p>And for lower-end devices, I think the "Apple M1 way" will be the future. I doubt many average people ever bother upgrading the RAM or the SSD/HDD, so why bother keeping them on slower, external buses just to allow for that when you can integrate them and get instant speed-increases?</p>
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<blockquote><em><a href="#615495">In reply to AnOldAmigaUser:</a></em></blockquote><p>I'd even argue upgrading the RAM on lower-end devices isn't necessary: I doubt many average people ever bother, and find the 4GB or 8GB it came-with sufficient. Especially given even lower-end machines now often ship with SSDs, where paging to the pagefile is much-quicker so low-RAM isn't as noticeable as with a HDD.</p><p><br></p><p>With the new Apple M1 machines, there is no user-upgradable or changeable GPU or RAM, and I think the storage is even a soldered-on chip too.</p><p><br></p><p>I expect future lower-end Windows devices to go the same-way: why keep the storage and RAM both on external, legacy buses when most users won't ever bother upgrading or changing them and so you can make speed-increases by integrating them?</p>