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Bikeshedding, or why I want to build a laptop

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224 points cspags | 3 comments | 01 Dec 25 01:08 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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forty ◴[07 Dec 25 08:57 UTC] No.46180249[source]▶
I think the kind of laptop this person wishes should simply be made illegal to make. We cannot sustain having all electric devices being thrown after a year or two, these things need to last, to be repairable and make it easy to grab pieces and materials when they die anyway
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1. systemtest ◴[07 Dec 25 11:41 UTC] No.46181031[source]▶
Seeing the latest Valve Steam Machine made me disappointed. No replaceable GPU, soldered memory, no socketed CPU. I really hope Valve isn't going to lead the way for unrepairable gaming PCs.
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2. rienbdj ◴[07 Dec 25 11:56 UTC] No.46181114[source]▶
I think valve want other companies to make the hardware in the long term. They are just trying to prove / jump start demand
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3. systemtest ◴[07 Dec 25 12:38 UTC] No.46181285[source]▶
Yes, and I am afraid that gaming PCs will move from the fully modular repairable computers we have today to small little boxes where you can only upgrade the SSD.