genemaster

StrangeDays said:

appex said:

Apple should make upgradable computers. No more soldered RAM or SSD. No more proprietary SSD. No more programmed obsolescence. Protect planet Earth!

What nonsense. First, Apple notebooks are serviceable -- just bring it in, like you do your car. Second, when buying a notebook I want as small and fast as is reasonable. If that means not using stock RAM sticks or hard drives and instead using chips, I'm more than cool with that. And evidently as are the legion of MacBook buyers. Third, my MBs get many years of use -- far more than Windows machines, which become crap in short order; I'd bet Windows machines make the landfill sooner than MBs, which means you should be petitioning Dell and HP not to suck instead of posting here.

"First, Apple notebooks are serviceable -- just bring it in, like you do your car." and like the car industry let's get overcharged and making it impossible to even change a light bulb (and get towed for broken bulbs). "I'd bet Windows machines make the landfill sooner than MBs", my research lab still use a PowerBook G4 because the drives could be replaced when they broke. My main machine is still a 17" 2010 MacBookPro because it could be updated (RAM and storage updated to SSD). The new MBP will go the landfill earlier because of the lack of upgradability and anti-repair design. apex is right: Apple recent moves are not environment-friendly. Neither my family or research lab will buy any.