Comment on Apple 15 relegated to USB 2.0 unless you buy the Pro

doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• vivadanang@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  they don’t care because apple punishes the poors at every opportunity anyway. soldered on ram & ssd’s on their laptops for fucks sake

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  • AtariDump@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Apple’s not the only one with soldered on components.

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    • BroccoliFarts@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yeah I have a Thinkpad Carbon X1. It has soldered on RAM.

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      • MeanEYE@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        You kind of chose the wrong series laptop to point this out. X series ThinkPad is ultra-portable line where sole focus is on weight and thickness. You can make an argument that memory clip doesn’t weigh a lot, but they really reduce every gram they can. Literally every other series has clip-on RAM.

        Even if we ignore RAM, on ThinkPad pretty much everything is replaceable with a single screwdriver. Literally anything. You grab FRU#, find part that matches it and off you go. With Apple it’s ungluing battery, ripping things apart. Hell even keyboard is riveted into the case and you have to drill holes and make threads to replace it. It’s not comparable at the slightest.

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      • vivadanang@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        ugh… please don’t support companies that do this. I’d never purchase a pc laptop that didn’t allow ram or ssd upgrades. insanity! I SAY!

        the dumbing down and enshittification will only proceed if people buy their products.

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    • vivadanang@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      dunno why you’re downvoted, you’re completely correct.

      BUT

      Apple is the only one charging eye-watering prices for the privilege. Yeah, there is that lol.

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      • AtariDump@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Agreed on the cost.

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    • vitriolix@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Apple blazed the trail though, really pushed the idea that saving a millimeter by going to glued/soldered on components

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      • AtariDump@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Apple wasn’t the first to solder components onto the motherboard.

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      • Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        It’s to heat up the computer better!

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• JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  It’s funny (or sad I guess) that the current generation of laptops are back on mag chargers (I forget what they’re called) instead of USB C. There was never a time when both iPhones and MacBooks used USB C charging.

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  • uint8_t@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    you can use either the magsafe or USB-C PD, both works

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    • JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Sorry, should’ve clarified I meant the one that came with it in the box

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      • macrocephalic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        The cable that comes in the box is MagSafe, but the power brick is usb-c

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  • jj4211@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I don’t have one, but I thought the user could either do magsafe or a usb-c to a laptop, either way will charge.

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  • PotatoOnceCame@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Haven’t used that charger since day 1 of receiving my work MBP M1. I just plug it into a Thunderbolt dock that supports usb-pd

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