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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@simonzerafa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>simonzerafa</span></a></span> I mean obviously <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/reuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reuse</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UseLonger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UseLonger</span></a> is better and if your options are <em>"corporate surplus" or nothing</em> then I'd never judge.</p><p>To me it's just that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ThinkPad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkPad</span></a> as a brand has really died as every single Device is a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/downgrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>downgrade</span></a> in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/repairability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>repairability</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/upgradeability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>upgradeability</span></a> compared to my <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/X230Tablet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>X230Tablet</span></a>:</p><ul><li><p>They have <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SolderedDownRAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SolderedDownRAM</span></a> even on P-Series <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Workstation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Workstation</span></a> machines, not just cheap cheap <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Lenovo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lenovo</span></a> consoomer devices.</p></li><li><p>Batteries ain't toolfree-swappable anymore!</p></li><li><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WWAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WWAN</span></a> modules are worse (i.e. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Fibocom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fibocom</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/850GL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>850GL</span></a> aka. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Intel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Intel</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XMM7360" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XMM7360</span></a>)</p></li><li><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> support gets worse and neither Lenovo nor <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ubuntu.social/@ubuntu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ubuntu</span></a></span> feel responsible on a <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Ubuntu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ubuntu</span></a>-certified Workstation"</em> (i.e. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/P15v" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>P15v</span></a>)</p></li><li><p>Less &amp; Worse <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Docking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Docking</span></a> options.</p></li><li><p>Most machines don't offer Linux or to eveb to opt-out of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Govware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Govware</span></a> noone should pay their overcharged premium for (in fact <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <em>pays</em> Lenovo $25 for every <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/preinstall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>preinstall</span></a> so they don't ship Linux, they don't even pay the $10 for an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OEM</span></a>-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UEFI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UEFI</span></a>-Key, much less the $135+ of a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SystemBuilder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SystemBuilder</span></a> version they charge for!)</p></li><li><p>...</p></li></ul><p>Personally, I wish I had €.€€€.€€€ so I could just develop the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NUCbook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NUCbook</span></a> and be done with the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enshittification</span></a> of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Laptops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Laptops</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Notebooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Notebooks</span></a>!</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mk.moth.zone/@eri" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>eri</span></a></span> even for a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Laptop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Laptop</span></a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tablet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tablet</span></a> I consider the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FrameworkDesktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FrameworkDesktop</span></a> a total <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WontBuy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WontBuy</span></a>!"</em> on my end, as it has less <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Upgradeability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Upgradeability</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Repiarability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Repiarability</span></a> than a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Lenovo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lenovo</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/X230Tablet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>X230Tablet</span></a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Fairphone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fairphone</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FP3plus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FP3plus</span></a>, mich less anything I consider <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Desktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Desktop</span></a>"</em> hardware.</p><ul><li>Seriously, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@frameworkcomputer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>frameworkcomputer</span></a></span> could've chosen so much better options or just done some sort of Mounting, adaptors &amp; I/O shield to mount a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FrameworkLaptop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FrameworkLaptop</span></a> mainboard and expand it's I/O to be on-par with a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MacMini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MacMini</span></a> and people would've happily accepted that.</li></ul><p>It's really sad when <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DIYperks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DIYperks</span></a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3fnsGHe8eE" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">put in more effort than an entire company at designing a Desktop</a>! </p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114096004768883519" translate="no" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">infosec.space/@kkarhan/1140960</span><span class="invisible">04768883519</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://digipres.club/@philpem" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>philpem</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://digipres.club/@foone" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>foone</span></a></span> mind you these were made before <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/JEDEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JEDEC</span></a> specified <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SODIMM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SODIMM</span></a>|s and RAM manufacturers like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Infenieon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Infenieon</span></a> (<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Qimonda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Qimonda</span></a>) and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Micron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Micron</span></a> as well as the trend towards <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/configureability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>configureability</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/repairability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>repairability</span></a> as well as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/upgradeability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>upgradeability</span></a> kicked off...</p>
.:\dGh/:.<p>Now that the trend of soldering RAM into <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Laptops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Laptops</span></a> is taking off from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Qualcomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Qualcomm</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AMD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AMD</span></a>, there is <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CAMM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CAMM</span></a>.</p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SODIMM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SODIMM</span></a> market will die, and CAMM manufacturing will have to shift to desktops where upgradeability and performance are core features.</p><p><a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/motherboards/what-is-camm2" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tomshardware.com/pc-components</span><span class="invisible">/motherboards/what-is-camm2</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SolderedRAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SolderedRAM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechTrends" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechTrends</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FutureOfComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FutureOfComputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Upgradeability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Upgradeability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MotherboardDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MotherboardDesign</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hardware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a></p>
Miroslav Kravec<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://urbanists.social/@markstos" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>markstos</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@MickInTx" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MickInTx</span></a></span> anyways, it still looks like a proprietary product, where one can flash/install own OS.</p><p>The cost for software - I don't want and won't use - is included in the price.</p><p>Also, it doesn't seem to be using much of standards for components. Good luck with <a href="https://hometech.social/tags/repairability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>repairability</span></a> or <a href="https://hometech.social/tags/upgradeability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>upgradeability</span></a> after years.</p><p>There are NAS cases from brands, and also no-brand ones on AliExpress (I bought one), that can fit standard mATX/ITX/ATX motherboard - repairable/upgradeable on component level.</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>There&#39;s no good justification for <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Apple</span></a> downgrading <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Repairability" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Repairability</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Upgradeability" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Upgradeability</span></a> of it&#39;s products...</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qChfXKhbyyU" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=qChfXKhbyyU</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@damngoodtech" class="u-url mention">@<span>damngoodtech</span></a></span> In the end it&#39;s a consumer&#39;s choice.</p><p>People need to be <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TechLiterate" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TechLiterate</span></a> enough to value <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/repairability" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>repairability</span></a> (and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/upgradeability" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>upgradeability</span></a>) over making tue thinnest devices possible.</p><p>Now granted, both <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@frameworkcomputer" class="u-url mention">@<span>frameworkcomputer</span></a></span> amd <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.weho.st/@Fairphone" class="u-url mention">@<span>Fairphone</span></a></span> did manage to design <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/thinn" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>thinn</span></a> yet repairable devices, proving that all the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AntiRepair" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AntiRepair</span></a>-Arguments are corporate propaganda lies!</p><p>Personally I&#39;d accept even <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/thicc" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>thicc</span></a>&#39;er devices if that means they&#39;d use more <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/COTS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>COTS</span></a> and less <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/custom" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>custom</span></a> parts...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern" class="u-url mention">@<span>gerrymcgovern</span></a></span> what would really help is <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.network.europa.eu/@EU_Commission" class="u-url mention">@<span>EU_Commission</span></a></span> making <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/repairability" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>repairability</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/upgradeability" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>upgradeability</span></a> mandatory.</p><p>We don&#39;t throw away entire Desktops if just need more storage.</p><p>So why should anyone accept that on smartphones, tablets or laptops?</p>