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by rbanffy 10 days ago
> But I am pessimistic here as everything seems headed towards that eventuality.

Lots of companies buy average Dell and Lenovo laptops because they are repairable in-house.
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thisislife2 9 days ago
That's good to know - but many of their models also have soldered RAM, which is disappointing.
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rbanffy 9 days ago
Some of the chips they use are designed for soldered chips. I’m not sure whether that’s because of signal degradation over longer PCB traces and sockets.
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