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[-] BroccoliFarts@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

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

[-] MeanEYE@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year 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.

[-] vivadanang@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year 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.

this post was submitted on 13 Sep 2023
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