elbowgrease
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I think of it as something like "forced obsolescence", or maybe prematurely enforced obsolescence (I do get the idea and expressed sentiment of the op, though).
There is a reasonable rate of technological progression which does make things become outdated, eventually, but the way many (or most) companies seem to plan their manufacturing does not follow the same rate of progress. And it sucks on many levels.
I like what AMD seems to be doing with socket AM4, I wish intel would get on board with that, too.
I think it would be cool (and likely also be possible if pursued on a large enough scale) if the chip manufacturers could come up with a way to either retrofit new chips to old sockets for otherwise outdated laptops, or come up with drop in replacement mobos for old laptops to bring them back up to date, and plan to use one socket (maybe even for both intel and amd) for as long as is reasonable.
I like laptops. I understand that they aren't the performance machine that a desktop could be, but I like to travel, and I like that I don't have to be roped to a desk with a laptop. I can set it up basically anywhere, if I need to change positions, I can move the thing somewhere else. I also think they make computers and information accessible than desktops do.
Lenovo seems to make pretty nice ones (thinkpads). I have one that even has a socketed cpu. Got it pretty cheap and it's a beast for a nearly ten year old laptop. Also really easy to work on (which laptops usually aren't). I think it's pretty cool that, until recently, they made the only laptop certified for space flight. HP has apparently also earned that rating now. I've never used an HP yet, so I can't have an opinion about their hardware.
I wouldn't say that I'm a fan of lenovo, but I do appreciate the nice hardware, and the fact that they made one laptop with a cpu that is socketed rather than soldered. It would be nice if they would make more like that but it doesn't seem like they're going to.
I heard of one company recently that intends to make a fully modular laptop (framework), but they haven't released it yet.
I can't say I like macs. I'm pretty sure I've heard some messed up things about them (practices as well as products). I haven't used one in a long time. They tend to be more difficult to remove the factory os from and install one of the *nixes on, so even though I don't come across them very often, I avoid them when I do.
There is a reasonable rate of technological progression which does make things become outdated, eventually, but the way many (or most) companies seem to plan their manufacturing does not follow the same rate of progress. And it sucks on many levels.
I like what AMD seems to be doing with socket AM4, I wish intel would get on board with that, too.
I think it would be cool (and likely also be possible if pursued on a large enough scale) if the chip manufacturers could come up with a way to either retrofit new chips to old sockets for otherwise outdated laptops, or come up with drop in replacement mobos for old laptops to bring them back up to date, and plan to use one socket (maybe even for both intel and amd) for as long as is reasonable.
I like laptops. I understand that they aren't the performance machine that a desktop could be, but I like to travel, and I like that I don't have to be roped to a desk with a laptop. I can set it up basically anywhere, if I need to change positions, I can move the thing somewhere else. I also think they make computers and information accessible than desktops do.
Lenovo seems to make pretty nice ones (thinkpads). I have one that even has a socketed cpu. Got it pretty cheap and it's a beast for a nearly ten year old laptop. Also really easy to work on (which laptops usually aren't). I think it's pretty cool that, until recently, they made the only laptop certified for space flight. HP has apparently also earned that rating now. I've never used an HP yet, so I can't have an opinion about their hardware.
I wouldn't say that I'm a fan of lenovo, but I do appreciate the nice hardware, and the fact that they made one laptop with a cpu that is socketed rather than soldered. It would be nice if they would make more like that but it doesn't seem like they're going to.
I heard of one company recently that intends to make a fully modular laptop (framework), but they haven't released it yet.
I can't say I like macs. I'm pretty sure I've heard some messed up things about them (practices as well as products). I haven't used one in a long time. They tend to be more difficult to remove the factory os from and install one of the *nixes on, so even though I don't come across them very often, I avoid them when I do.