[ale] [EXTERNAL] Re: Re: Sorry

[Beddingfield, Allen]

I'm not typically a person who favors government interference, but this is the sort of thing where I would welcome some mandated standardization.
Allen B.

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From: Solomon Peachy
Sent: Tuesday, February 9, 2021 10:29 AM
To: Beddingfield, Allen; Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [ale] Re: Sorry

On Tue, Feb 09, 2021 at 03:39:07PM +0000, Beddingfield, Allen via Ale wrote:
> Sort of like ATX, MATX, etc.... case standards.
> THAT is how I want all things to work.  It will never happen, though.

Yes, it will never happen, as the market has overwhelmingly spoken in
favor of non-modularity.

Sure, we have ATX and other case standards, but the overwhelming
majority of "PCs" sold today are laptops.  Even in the "desktop" space,
the volume is in (barely-expendable) non-standardized small-form-factor
stuff, with the "modularity" pushed entirely outside the case to USB
and/or thunderbolt ports.

Modularity is both more expensive and hurts performance.  A more
integrated design will always be cheaper to produce (in volume) and at
an equivalent price point, perform better.

 - Solomon
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