Quote Originally Posted by chronicle View Post
Re laptop vs desktop.
Kahit sa bahay lang ang laptop, it takes up less space.

Yes, sadly, almost all new laptops have soldered cpu. Kaya disposable na. Unlike before na socket pa kaya you can swap out cpu's when you want to upgrade.


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I haven't seen a socketed laptop since the 90's. I was a Compaq (before they were bought by HP) techie back then.

It was a gimmick anyway. The way laptops were built back then, it would have disintegrated well before it reached the point that it needed a new CPU. Besides, this "feature" was ultimately dropped when people figured out that newer CPUs would oftentimes need newer chipsets or faster memory, etc., to take full advantage of the newer CPU.

And believe it or not, the socket takes up some space as well. The trend has moved on to making the laptop as slim as possible. And in that, every millimeter of laptop real estate is precious.