Modern laptops are getting less repairable, and my 12-year-old laptop proves it

A personal account comparing a 12-year-old HP ProBook 640 G1 to newer laptops (Dell 2-in-1 and MacBook Air) highlights how modern laptop design trends — thinner profiles, soldered RAM, fewer ports, and warranty-voiding stickers — have made devices significantly harder to repair and upgrade. The older laptop's accessible RAM slots and drive bay allowed easy at-home upgrades that extended its usable life, while modern budget laptops increasingly require service centers for basic repairs. The piece argues that declining repairability drives unnecessary e-waste and removes user autonomy, and that repairability should be a baseline expectation rather than a premium feature.

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