jacquelines 🌟framework computer desktop offering hailed as huge win for repairability and upgradeability
actual update paths available:
1) swap out the cooler for no reason
2) swap out 2x m2 nvme drives
these guys have the most effective marketing + social media strategy in the entire industry
check out the ifixit coverage btw, including their masto thread.
very nice of the "repair your stuff" guys to post long justifications about how improved performance is worth sacrificing the ability to repair anything. very normal.
Val Packett 🧉@jacqueline DRAM failure rates are negligible tbh, i don't think I've ever even heard of memory failing
Kevin Karhan 
@valpackett @jacqueline then I guess your sample size is N ≤200, thus too small to be considered scientifically accurate.
- And even if #RAM did not fail over time, this ain't a #Smartphone or super-small #SBC where one could reasonably claim "we could not fit #socketed RAM on!"
All it is is #AntiRepairDesign that'll shaft buyers like on #Apple's devices...
Kevin Karhan :verified: (@[email protected])
@[email protected] yeah, The @[email protected] #FrameworkDesktop is a major let-down to me because it's just *a "shittier #MacStudio"* and #SolderedDownRAM is not excuseable at that form factor! - Seriously, *just no*!
@kkarhan @valpackett don’t be an ass in our mentions please
@jacqueline @valpackett Just saying that I've had enough systems' RAM fail due to age & use and not overclocking (wasn't possible in most systems even if one wanted to) or misconfiguration.
- If RAM wasn't a wear part like SSDs, it would've been integrated on-chip ages ago just so that CPU manufacturers and board partners could shaft users for more profit.
anyMouse@valpackett @jacqueline I've had RAM go bad few times over the last 15 years and <10 computers I or my family owned.
Mind you, it was never that the bad RAM would show up in memtest, only an occasional system crash under load that would stop happening once I resorted to pulling out RAM sticks one-by-one, so most people just assume their computer is toast and too hard too diagnose or repair.
That said, "repairing" is minority use-case, majority of times you need it to fight planned obsolescence