Comment by michaelmrose
4 years ago
The average computer is around 700 including ones that are relatively repairable and ones that are not. Pretending that repairable laptops cost 20 times as much is disingenuous.
4 years ago
The average computer is around 700 including ones that are relatively repairable and ones that are not. Pretending that repairable laptops cost 20 times as much is disingenuous.
> 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
Would you prefer hyperbolic?
Sure, that's a much better word to use. It's about what someone is arguing, rather than who or why.
(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.
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.