New Apple Macbook Pro RAM is soldered to the motherboard | Ian Chilton

Post by Xylakant » Wed, Jun 13, 2012, 5:47 PM UTC

socialist_coder wrote: post #249

tincansandtwine wrote: post #194

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Specifically in reply to the battery: I work in an enterprise environment where Macs make up about 50-60% of the installed machines. Of these, about 30-40% are laptops. In my experience, Mac laptop batteries have a high rate of failure, higher than our significantly more dated PC hardware. With the most recent revs, replacing the battery has become a huge problem, since relatively new hardware (1-2 years old) is now…

You should tell your users to unplug their Macbooks more often. If you leave them plugged in 99% of the time the battery will fail a lot faster. It should drain and recharge every once a while.

Post by gtrak » Wed, Jun 13, 2012, 5:56 PM UTC

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And what am I supposed to do if I don't want to spend $2200 on a computer that only lasts me two years? My laptops usually last me 3-4 years, at least, after a hard drive and RAM upgrade, as well as a new battery.

My laptops usually last me 3-4 years, at least, after a hard drive and RAM upgrade, as well as a new battery. New hard drive. New RAM. New battery. Probably want a new CPU, but that's not upgradable. Ditto display. Can't add Thunderbolt, USB3, or whatever nifty new interface. May as well just get a new computer at the 2+ year point, seeing as you replaced half of it and want to replace the other half. "This here's a…

Post by freyrs3 » Wed, Jun 13, 2012, 6:04 PM UTC

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> Its a pity that there is no real operating system available for a Thinkpad. What would constitute a real operating system? Last time I checked Windows/Linux/BSD are very much real operating systems.

"What would constitute a real operating system? " If you want to know my most important point: backup and play back (bootable) EASILY.

Post by rsanchez1 » Wed, Jun 13, 2012, 6:23 PM UTC

ctdonath wrote: post #116

gouranga wrote: post #84

Sorry but you have got to be a fucking idiot to buy one to be honest if that is the case. Apple are making an attempt to turn generic computers into disposable appliances with moves like these. I would never accept a compromise like that with a computer that I owned. My rationale is as follows: If I pay £1800 for one of those machines, I expect to be able to repair common problems easily. That's a lot of money sittin…

Making components replaceable increases volume, weight, and cost. If you want replaceable components, go buy a computer for which that is a feature - and know that you will get a machine which is larger, heavier, and more expensive (all other factors being equal). Swapable components require additional casing, connectors, testing, sales channels, etc. You're not going to get a 3/4" 5-lb 7-hour 256GB-SSD 8GB-RAM MBA R…

Post by sireat » Wed, Jun 13, 2012, 6:39 PM UTC

gouranga wrote: post #84

Sorry but you have got to be a fucking idiot to buy one to be honest if that is the case. Apple are making an attempt to turn generic computers into disposable appliances with moves like these. I would never accept a compromise like that with a computer that I owned. My rationale is as follows: If I pay £1800 for one of those machines, I expect to be able to repair common problems easily. That's a lot of money sittin…