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Bikeshedding, or why I want to build a laptop

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224 points cspags | 2 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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RealityVoid ◴[07 Dec 25 14:12 UTC] No.46181801[source]▶
Electronic devices usually get thrown away because nobody wants them anymore because they are obsolete. Having removable RAM will do you little good if you can only fit ddr3.
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1. hellcow ◴[07 Dec 25 17:07 UTC] No.46183185[source]▶
That's why you'd want to be able to replace the mainboard, screen, keyboard, speakers, trackpad, etc., and not just the RAM. Like https://shop.mntre.com/products/mnt-reform, but presumably easier for non-technical people to use.
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2. RealityVoid ◴[08 Dec 25 07:14 UTC] No.46189333[source]▶
So... A PC then?

Don't get me wrong, I like the approach, but if you want a laptop, it's the wrong tradeoff and not one that 90% of the users will take. Sure, _some_ will choose this, and small companies can do well to sustain themselves but it probably won't do a dent in ewaste numbers and you won't see iphone like adoption numbers, relegating it to just a niche product.