I’m continuously amazed by even the shittiest and most cheaply made laptops, just because the form factor is so weird compared to big computers. Fitting a whole ass computer into what is basically a big keyboard dictates so many design compromises and yet it’s one of the main form factors so tooling, know-how, chips etc are all designed to make something out of it.
I always think I broke or missed a flat cable when I have to poke around in there (less than ever now thanks to the adoption of PTM over thermal paste that ages into toothpaste).
I’m continuously amazed by even the shittiest and most cheaply made laptops, just because the form factor is so weird compared to big computers. Fitting a whole ass computer into what is basically a big keyboard dictates so many design compromises and yet it’s one of the main form factors so tooling, know-how, chips etc are all designed to make something out of it.
I always think I broke or missed a flat cable when I have to poke around in there (less than ever now thanks to the adoption of PTM over thermal paste that ages into toothpaste).