Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is?

On 2024-10-04, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

On Fri, 4 Oct 2024 13:11:26 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
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On 2024-10-03, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

On Thu, 3 Oct 2024 10:07:10 -0400, CrudeSausage wrote:
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Being able to repair is great. I am bothered by the fact that
companies think we're too stupid to fix our own units and solder the
stuff to protect the technology from ourselves.

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Sockets cost money.

 
But when you're selling a high-end Dell XPS for $2400.00 (for example)
I'm guessing the few extra dollars for sockets (if they cost that much)
wouldn't make that big of a difference.

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I don't remember the scenario and don't think it was 'Unsafe At Any Speed'
but there was something where auto fatalities were caused by the omission
of a $1.50 part because it would have cost too much.
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As I expanded in another post it's not only the cost of the socket but the
impact on the entire work flow.

I'm still not convinced that's the real reason they do it. I think it has
more to do with price gouging (when you buy an upgraded version with a
bigger SSD or more RAM) and built-in obsolescence (so you'll buy a new
computer more often).

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