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Re:Would 1950s Living Standards Save Us? by skywal_l on Friday June 17, 2022 @10:46AM (#31778981)
Think of the PC as an example. Everything (or almost) is standardize. You can replace you CPU from Intel by another from AMD.

The mac being the opposite strategy of tight integration.

It seems to be that tight integration lead to a better overall product but the prices are higher and the environmental impact worst indeed.

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Re:Would 1950s Living Standards Save Us? by 10000truths on Friday June 17, 2022 @12:26PM (#31780587)
> You can replace you CPU from Intel by another from AMD.

Not unless you also replace the motherboard. AMD and Intel CPUs have different sockets and incompatible firmware.

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Re:Would 1950s Living Standards Save Us? by Sohcahtoa82 on Friday June 17, 2022 @12:50PM (#31780951)
Yeah, but I won't have to replace my case, RAM, storage devices, GPU, keyboard, mouse, monitor, power supply, any of the internal cables, etc.

There was a time when I could have had an AMD GPU with a motherboard using an NVIDIA chipset with an Intel CPU.

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