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by nazgob 3642 days ago
You might not agree with their choice but you don't seem to even try to understand why the do things they do. They do glue RAM to make laptops smaller. They glue batteries for the same reason. They try to get rid of fans because they are mechanical thing that can break, sucks dusts and use energy. Its not great for ppl who want to have hackable devices but it works great for the rest of people.
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> They do glue RAM to make laptops smaller. They glue batteries for the same reason.

Oh yes, because glue takes up so much less space than a screw.

> They try to get rid of fans because they are mechanical thing that can break, sucks dusts and use energy.

That's like a car manufacturer saying that exhaust pipes clog up too often, so let's just pump the smog into the passenger cabin instead.

Except that Apple computers don't kill people.

I've got three Macs currently, none of which have ever overheated. I use a MacBook Pro on my lap while wearing shorts for hours at a time. It gets warm, but not too warm to use on my lap.

You seem angry about Apple's choices, and clearly they're far from perfect, but it seems like there are a lot of people who value the things Apple does, like very quiet operation and compactness and so on. We're not all as stupid as you suggest.