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my ultrabook died at five years old because of a soldered ssd. whos to blame? lol

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  1. Eamon
    @patch_works

    guys pls help genuine question, not a rant. Is a soldered SSD actually necessary for mdoern designs, or just convenient for manufacturers?? I'm buying a new ultrabook soon and I'm torn between a sleek sealed model and a slightly tihcker one that I could fix myself in five years. Which one would you buy, and why? 馃檹 Battery life mattres to me, but so does not throwing away a whole machine because one part wears out. what am i doing wrong??

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  2. Ava G.
    @ava.garcia

    How long do you usually keep a device before replacing it?

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  3. Eamon
    @patch_works
    in reply to @ava.garcia

    yeah so i keep devices until they fall apart... only five years is young for me. hope thats enough info 馃槄

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  4. Alba Kaur
    @cron_monk351

    which version are you on?. reading this at 2am instead of sleeping, no regrets ?

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  5. Omar Y.
    @framesprite
    in reply to @cron_monk351

    There is a real engineering side. Soldered LPDDR memory can run at higher speeds with lower power use than socketed modules, which helps battery life in thin designs. Newer socketed fomrats like LPCAMM try to fix that trade-off.

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  6. Ash L.
    @alund

    buy for the life you expect from the macihne. if u keep devices for five years or more, choose the model with the most RAM and storage u can afford at purchase, cuz with sealed parts you can't fix that later.

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