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Re:It's your device, you should be able to repair it by maxerickson on Friday April 30, 2021 @01:35PM (#26996612)
Can't you do that without imposing it on everyone else?

I care about consumption (I'm on my 2nd laptop since ~2003), but I don't particularly want to pay $15,000 to replace this one with one that is worse.

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Re:It's your device, you should be able to repair it by dang on Friday April 30, 2021 @06:45PM (#27000466)
> disingenuous

That implies intent to deceive, which crosses into personal attack. Can you please not do that on HN? If you feel that someone else is wrong, it's enough to provide correct information in a neutral way.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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Re:It's your device, you should be able to repair it by michaelmrose on Friday April 30, 2021 @06:55PM (#27000595)
Would you prefer hyperbolic?
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Re:It's your device, you should be able to repair it by dang on Friday April 30, 2021 @07:21PM (#27000839)
Sure, that's a much better word to use. It's about what someone is arguing, rather than who or why.
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Re:It's your device, you should be able to repair it by maxerickson on Friday April 30, 2021 @06:29PM (#27000297)
(In the comment) They want to be able to source a drop in cpu from 2 different supply chains.

And they want that for every piece and part on the thing.

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Re:It's your device, you should be able to repair it by michaelmrose on Friday April 30, 2021 @06:54PM (#27000582)
That would pretty much require standardization of cpu socket between vendors to allow one to drop a compatible generation of intel or amd processor into a slot. This sounds onerous but I doubt it would require increasing the unit cost by 20 times.
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