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Apple iPhone 15 relegated to USB 2.0 unless you buy the Pro (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by casualhippo to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Apple’s not the only one with soldered on components.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Yeah I have a Thinkpad Carbon X1. It has soldered on RAM.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

You kind of chose the wrong series laptop to point this out. X series ThinkPad is ultra-portable line where sole focus is on weight and thickness. You can make an argument that memory clip doesn't weigh a lot, but they really reduce every gram they can. Literally every other series has clip-on RAM.

Even if we ignore RAM, on ThinkPad pretty much everything is replaceable with a single screwdriver. Literally anything. You grab FRU#, find part that matches it and off you go. With Apple it's ungluing battery, ripping things apart. Hell even keyboard is riveted into the case and you have to drill holes and make threads to replace it. It's not comparable at the slightest.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Agreed on the cost.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Apple blazed the trail though, really pushed the idea that saving a millimeter by going to glued/soldered on components is a good idea

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Apple wasn’t the first to solder components onto the motherboard.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

It's to heat up the computer better!