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Indolent_Bard t1_jds517o wrote

On one hand I agree with you because you basically have only three ports left while plugged in, but the other hand you can actually replace the charging port. I can't think of a single laptop where you can do that. I don't know if they even have the legal rights to do a mag safe type charger, only Apple and Microsoft branded laptop seem to have that feature for some reason. But of course, the community has been trying to make one for a while.

The storage modules make sense because there's only one SSD port. Yeah, I wish that they had two as well. If nothing else, It makes a decent backup drive for all your files and stuff. I don't know how to do this on Windows, but on Linux it seems that by default USB drives aren't mounted until you try to actually use them, meaning that you don't have to worry about a ransomware attack locking you out of your backup files just because it's plugged in.

Now that the 16-in version exists and has six ports instead of four, as well as the option of sticking in a graphics card if you want it, I'm pretty happy with what they have now. A laptop that can be entirely disassembled with a single screwdriver that they package with it, where every component can be replaced from the charging port to the hinges to the heat sink and fan. You could keep this thing running for as long as you live, which in my opinion makes it the best laptop ever.

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