• Landless2029@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      Bullshit. My aunt has a washing machine with all knobs and switches that’s probably 30+ years old and it still works fine.

      They need to stop putting all these digital components into washing machines or make the boards standardized so they can be easily swapped out. These aren’t laptops that you toss after 3-5 years. Appliances should last 10-20 years.

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          1 day ago

          Agreed but in most larger businesses swap out the laptops around 3-5 years.

          Consumers use laptop 5-10+ until they die.

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            23 hours ago

            Framework like modular laptop would fix this. Need a new screen? No problem. Need a new processor? No problem.

            Upgrade whatever is outdated and just that

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              23 hours ago

              Yeah but imagine if we had a laptop motherboard standard like desktops.

              Instead of ATX it would be something like MLF - Modular Laptop Framework

              Where there would be some board standard for laptop boards.

              Then you get screen ribbon standards, keyboard ribbon standards, etc.

              This would allow one to order a laptop case with screen, keyboard and touchpad. But you can pick your board, cpu, ram.

              I know some companies have done GPU upgrades but how nice would it be to upgrade your 4 year old $3k laptop’s GPU?