Re:Apple’s M1 Positioning Mocks the Entire x86 Business Model
by webmobdev on Friday April 23, 2021 @01:21PM
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True, other manufacturers have been trying to ape Apple and solder RAM and other parts on the x86-64 platform too. Thankfully it hasn't yet fully spread to the desktop platforms - I can still build my own PC. I pin my hope on government regulations and right to repair to stem this - EU has already emphasised that they are serious about their "right to repair" legislation. I also like the attempt being made by indie engineers to create more repairable phones and laptops.
Re:Apple’s M1 Positioning Mocks the Entire x86 Business Model
by kube-system on Friday April 23, 2021 @11:38PM
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The right to repair has nothing to do with socketed components. You already have the right to own soldering equipment.
Re:Apple’s M1 Positioning Mocks the Entire x86 Business Model
by webmobdev on Sunday April 25, 2021 @07:35PM
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Technically, yes, the "right to repair" isn't specific to socketed components. But socketed components do make it easy to repair a device and is the obvious way forward to make devices easy to repair and reduce waste (in fact the EU actually funded a project to create a mobile phone with more reusable components - http://www.puzzlephone.com/ - and some startups are also trying to do the same with laptops - https://frame.work/blog/introducing-the-framework-laptop ). As for soldering things on your own, today's modern electronic manufacturing techniques make it a very difficult task.
Have you opened many x86 devices of a similar form factor to the current M1 devices? I haven’t seen a socketed CPU in a laptop in over a decade, and the vast majority of ultrabooks and thin-and-lights have soldered RAM now too. The latest trend has been to start soldering SSDs as well.