Ways of taking apart your ultra-slim laptop and being able to replace things and plug things in with relative ease. I didn't think it was possible considering the form-factor.
Everything seems really easy to take apart. At least someone knows how to manufacture hardware that doesn't sacrifice form and function.
Seems like they took a cue from apple's 2000 powerbook G3 pismo, which is IMO the best laptop ever made. It was the first laptop with wifi, and the first with firewire; it had TWO swappable battery trays, one on either side, once of which could take a swappable DVD drive, CD burner, or zip drive as well, and to top it off the keyboard opens up on a hinge in about 2 seconds you have complete access to all the internals. Mine runs leopard fine even though it's only a 400mhz cpu. Why apple didn't look into their own past I have no idea. http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powerbook_g3/stats/powerbook_g3_400_fw.html
It is eminently possible. Apple just doesn't do it because they don't want consumers being able to replace the battery or upgrade components. After all, if consumers could do that, they mightn't toss away their otherwise functioning device and buy a new one. It is a cynical marketing ploy and has little to do with design at all.
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Ruben @ Feb 15th 2008 10:59PM
Ways of taking apart your ultra-slim laptop and being able to replace things and plug things in with relative ease. I didn't think it was possible considering the form-factor.
Everything seems really easy to take apart. At least someone knows how to manufacture hardware that doesn't sacrifice form and function.
max andrews @ Feb 16th 2008 2:53AM
Seems like they took a cue from apple's 2000 powerbook G3 pismo, which is IMO the best laptop ever made. It was the first laptop with wifi, and the first with firewire; it had TWO swappable battery trays, one on either side, once of which could take a swappable DVD drive, CD burner, or zip drive as well, and to top it off the keyboard opens up on a hinge in about 2 seconds you have complete access to all the internals. Mine runs leopard fine even though it's only a 400mhz cpu. Why apple didn't look into their own past I have no idea.
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powerbook_g3/stats/powerbook_g3_400_fw.html
Mitch @ Feb 16th 2008 7:50AM
@ max andrews:
Or maybe not.
DrXym @ Feb 16th 2008 5:36AM
It is eminently possible. Apple just doesn't do it because they don't want consumers being able to replace the battery or upgrade components. After all, if consumers could do that, they mightn't toss away their otherwise functioning device and buy a new one. It is a cynical marketing ploy and has little to do with design at all.