Comment by wiremine
7 days ago
> MacBooks are not modular, completely proprietary, and have a perishability built into them.
I'm ok with this... maybe I'm odd? I view my laptops like I view my cars: I expect them to be replaced after a period of time. I'm NOT trying to maintain my old 2002 Honda Civic, and I'm NOT trying to maintain my older Macbooks. Once they leave Apple Care, I expect maybe another 12 to 18 months out of them, and then I move on.
You may be Ok with it and in your view is you a little quirky trait of your personality, but for humanity is a survivability matter, the subcontext of this issue is planned obsolesce, and all the resources we are continuously extracting and the damage is doing to the planet, in this context I mean specifically the trend of getting a new laptop or a new phone every two years or so.
But being able to maintain an old car IS the expectation. Not being able to repair and prolong the lifetime of a car, find parts, not allowing third party equipment and mechanics to repair them, not being able to resell it many times...these are all recent anti-consumerist behaviour by either car manufacturers or tech companies.
> I'm NOT trying to maintain my old 2002 Honda Civic
My 2004 Pontiac Vibe is the newest car I've owned -- drove a few GM cars and one Nissan into 200-300kmi territory before that. Saved me tens of thousands of dollars and got me where I needed to go.
Suppose that's consistent with me typing this on an old upgraded MBP.