@rl_dane

Let me help you:
_$700 for 8GB of non upgradeable RAM_

That said, love the idea of fun and friendly machines coming back. Really looking forward to the death of depressing grey monoliths.

@moses_izumi @rl_dane

Currently a bit stalled while I try to find a good source of small form factor power supplies that aren't absolutely terrible but also don't cost three times what I would consider reasonable

@moses_izumi @rl_dane

Expresscard was so underutilized 😭

Everyone raving about how incredible thunderbolt is, when expresscard was that, plus it let expansions fit inside the machine! Who needs external expansion when you have internal expansion you don't have to unplug every time you move your laptop???

@OpenComputeDesign @moses_izumi

Press "F" to pay respects to laptop card slots.

@rl_dane @moses_izumi

I will never forgive humanity for this.

@OpenComputeDesign @moses_izumi

* laughs, then weeps uncontrollably in "all you need is one or two USB-C ports, RIGHT?"

@kabel42 @OpenComputeDesign @moses_izumi

I know, I know it's crazy fast and capable. It's just kinda... meh. ;)

Gimme full USB-A. Gimme SD (not micro). Gimme card slots. XD

...heck, GIMME A TRACKBALL, FtLoG! (For the Love of God)

@rl_dane @kabel42 @moses_izumi

USB-C is in the top three worst designed connector of all time tbh. And it's a _very_ fierce competition, so that's saying a lot.

@OpenComputeDesign @kabel42 @moses_izumi

What're the other two?

At least it's easy to insert, and reversible.

Would you rather CENTRONIX?!? XD

@rl_dane @kabel42 @moses_izumi

Yo even miniUSB is better.

Micro USB is of course one of the other two. I forget what the third one is at the moment

@OpenComputeDesign @kabel42 @moses_izumi

It was definitely easier to see which way to insert MiniUSB, but the whole idea behind MicroUSB was to be more durable.

I think Lightning is horrible because it's proprietary, and USB 2-only.

Centronix and similar classic parallel buses (like SCSI) were very unwieldy, and not fun to use.

Screw terminals like on RS-232 and VGA were annoying, but secure. Meh. ;)

@rl_dane @kabel42 @moses_izumi

MicroUSB is probably the single least durable connector ever made (with USB-C being second) XD

@OpenComputeDesign @kabel42 @moses_izumi

The only connector I've had that I saw have durability issues is Lightning, and that's because they were designed to fray.