Do some people really think....?

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i was on another forum talking about why appl solder's in the CPU in the MACbook, and this is the response someone put as to why they do it.....


First of all, there are advantages to soldering in a CPU... it improves the pin connections, it's more stable, dust isn't going to be a problem, etc.
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more stable?
dust?
improves pin connections ?


my god people come on! has Apple's marketing brain washed you that much!

So if your system isnt stable, try soldering it in, cause that is why apple solder's in their CPU, OH, but wait, ONLY in certain models, not in all laptop models....

and if you got dust problems in your CPU, solder it in as well, oh and since the pin connection is so bad with the socket contacts, solder it in, cause you know, places like foxxconn didnt bother to make sure the sockets make good contacts with the cpu and all.......
 
Yeah I've been on some Apple forums and it's a sad, sad sight. I own a Powermac G5 for work so sometimes I need help regarding certain issues. But for the most part some of them are sooooo.....'not smart':rolleyes: . It's so frustrating sometimes, for every 'Pro' user on the forum that knows what they're talking about, there are probably 25 who are so oblivious and naive as to how the little remaining 95%+ of the computer population works :p .

Oh well, such is life. I come back here to regain the intelligence lost while sifting through countless threads on why Conroe isn't good enough or what laptop bag is more styl.....nevermind/
 
Well, most of the mac people I've encountered who reguritate this type of talk are the ones sitting in front of Starbucks with free wifi on their eco-green imac on a communist internet forum while burning the american flag in their tie-dye t-shirt. Then they'll hop into their hybrid vehicle and drive away when I ask them why they believe they still benefit from a soldered cpu. :(

(disclaimer: this was just a fictional story for a laugh, please send a formal complaint to my secretary if you have a problem with it)
 
While they are correct in some way, it does not apply here. Socketed CPUs are designed to be used in a socket. While most EEs know that such a connection does introduce noise, the impact seems to be minimal.
 
It is fairly common for most people to think like this in almost all situations.

They assume that the engineers that designed the things that they use optimized everything for better performance.

This is a textbook example of making a decision based on the bottom line (probably.) Unless there simply wasn't room in the case for a socket+pin setup,... they did this so you couldn't upgrade the processor, or they did it because it was a few cents cheaper per unit, or because there is one less manufacturing step,... etc etc etc. There are many many different forces pulling on a designer/engineer when decisions have to be made.

edit: mac people tend to believe this much more often... :rolleyes: Just like,... "apple computers can't get virii" even though they now have x86 based processors, and some stores have xp installed on every single intelMAC that they have. :rolleyes:
 
It'll be funny when Macs start getting viruses, then that commercial is just funny.
 
TMan1876 said:
This is a textbook example of making a decision based on the bottom line (probably.) Unless there simply wasn't room in the case for a socket+pin setup,... they did this so you couldn't upgrade the processor, or they did it because it was a few cents cheaper per unit, or because there is one less manufacturing step,... etc etc etc. There are many many different forces pulling on a designer/engineer when decisions have to be made.
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those are some good possible valid reasons, i had not thought of those :D
 
djBon2112 said:
It'll be funny when Macs start getting viruses, then that commercial is just funny.
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haha.. I'm sure some hacker is working on it right now just because of the challenge presented by the commercial. Making a virus for a mac is really no harder than on a PC. My CIS professor at college last semester taught us how to make a simple one that deletes tons of files that are needed to run the OSX operating system. :D
 
w1retap said:
haha.. I'm sure some hacker is working on it right now just because of the challenge presented by the commercial. Making a virus for a mac is really no harder than on a PC. My CIS professor at college last semester taught us how to make a simple one that deletes tons of files that are needed to run the OSX operating system. :D
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Someone already found a security hole in their wireless setup.

Granted it is also there with non-apple computers, but it is still there.
 
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