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486@lemmy.world 5 days agoThe point of the DIY edition is that you could just reuse some old RAM or SSDs.
In theory, yes. I don’t think it is very likely that people have DDR5 SO-DIMM modules lying around, let alone 2230 SSDs. I don’t understand why they weren’t able to go for the way more common 2280 form factor for the SSD at least.
Ulrich@feddit.org 5 days ago
Nalivai@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Some people have dead laptops with fried motherboards or dead batteries, or cracked screens, that are absolutely unrepeatable but have memory and alive ssds. I know I do.
486@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Sure, I’m not saying this never happens, but I’d argue this is the exception not the rule. Especially when it comes to DDR5 which is still quite new, so there should not be that many laptops with dead batteries with such memory around yet. It would be a different story with DDR4, not that I would suggest that they use DDR4. And the SSD form factor they used isn’t very common, so it is probably even less likely that people have such SSDs lying around. I still appreciate that they allow me to buy the machine without memory/storage.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
Exactly. I have DDR4 laying around, but DDR5 is new enough that I don’t. The laptop that I have is 7-8 years old and is about ready to be replaced, but neither the drive nor RAM would work, so I’ll have to buy that new.
Cenzorrll@lemmy.world 5 days ago
I can forgive the ram decision, they’re producing laptops that can be upgraded in the future to keep them from becoming waste, not upgraded using old equipment now.
I actually do have 2230 ssds laying around. I bought a few used computers on eBay to use as servers that had 128gb versions of these little shits in them that I had assumed were 2.5" not m.2. Wouldn’t use them in a new laptop for me, but it’s plenty enough for a school laptop or device that isn’t storing data on that particular drive.
I’m not going to rag on them for going with this form factor, because they are very conscious about their designs, but it isn’t like it’s hard to accommodate a range of m.2 sizes. You just need a little hole you can screw the mounting…screw into. Like, maybe you can’t fit a 2280 in there, but from what I’ve seen 2242 is more common than 2230.
Nalivai@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Framework’s whole model is to accommodate for exceptions.