And what incentive would they that offer? Whether the RAM was soldered on or as a separate module, it only comes from 3 manufacturers who are selling as much high end, expensive RAM as they can to AI. Adding upgradeable RAM means the OEM cannot charge whatever they want for RAM. Also it means the OEM has to design laptops to have a memory socket. Those are costs that the OEMs do not want.

Not exactly. That RAM is not on-die as that generally means part of the same silicon as the CPU/GPU. Apple and others have put RAM as a chiplet in the same chip package. Generally that RAM is purchased from Micron, SK Hynix, or Samsung, and then soldered next to the CPU/GPU. So they are affected by the current RAM shortage. Everyone is affected as RAM is only made by 3 companies.

In 2024, Marriott entered into a 20 year partnership with Sonder Holdings Inc, a company that managed short-term rentals, to add 1,500 rooms. Marriott customers could book Sonder rooms through Marriott. Unfortunately in November 2025, Sonder filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy (liquidation) and refused to accommodate booked reservations. That left many Marriott customers with no reservations and in some cases no refunds. Marriott however will not cover the amounts and in some cases could not accommodate their customers with options at the same rate. For example, one guest had prepaid a room New York city for the holidays for $2600. Marriott could only offer a room at $7000 for the same time period which the guest would have to pay.

Considering Thunderbolt is controlled by Intel today, I am not sure why you feel the need to blame Apple. The first Thunderbolt design was jointly developed by Apple and Intel; however, Intel has taken over control of it with Apple even transferring the trademark to them over 12 years ago.

Don’t be ridiculous. It will be $500K in donations to the Trump Charity Foundation**
**that does not exist yet and has no organizational documentation

The purchasing power might be greater for Framework than the average consumer; however the consumer does not have to concern themselves with profit per machine. Also companies the likes of Dell might have trouble sourcing enough memory right now.

Because it is soldered onto the board and located next to the CPU/GPU. I do not think the soldering skills of the average consumer is good enough for them to bring their own memory. Does it need to be soldered is a different t question. Certainly the computer would be slower it it were not.

It is also the same marketing they use for their claims in chip making.

And what does that have to do with the fact that according to China the J-20 is the same as a F-35 and that a generation older J-10 can defeat both? Nothing. That is a red herring argument.

In addition to the setups, MS makes dumb decisions when it comes to their UI. For example, in the new Outlook 365, they removed the Decline option for meetings if you open a meeting invite. They only two options are "Accept" or "Decline and Propose New Time". To decline a meeting outright you have to Decline using through the Calendar view not the meeting details. That is dumb on so many levels because details like location and subject factor in whether I decline a meeting.

You missed the point entirely. China has claimed their J-20 are the next generation stealth fighter to rival the F-35. At the same time their next generation stealth fighter can be shot down by an older generation fighter which they call a "stealth killer". You don't see how those statement contradicts what China is selling. "Buy our latest fighters which are invisible to radar. Also buy our older fighters which can defeat stealth."

Point is MS trying to force hardware onto corporate customers would lead to widespread revolt. Point is MS does not make ANY desktops today and barely make any laptops. The suggestion is absurd at its face that MS would leverage hardware they don't make.

No they would piss off their corporate customers. Their corporate customers who will not use Home.

You must be smoking something if you think corporations will buy gaming machines because Gen Z employees want to game.

Your experience is from 15 years ago. Today Macs are making inroads into corporations more than ever.

You presented no actual data other than a relative ranking which does not indicate anything. Again, Call of Duty BO7 was 80% less than BO6 when compared to the exact timelines.

And you just ignored Mindseye and Call of Duty BO7 combined is less than Expedition 33. Cherry picking numbers does not help your case.

The main concern is the "arrest and deport everyone now, ask questions later" attitude of the current administration. It does not matter if someone is here legally or not to this administration. Case in point, ICE arrested Hyundai employees in Georgia who were working in the US legally. They were helping to build the Hyundai factory. That factory would mean jobs for the local community but is now delayed because Hyundai recalled their employees.

Ummmmmm no. You did not "dispel” anything. The facts are corporate desktops and laptops come with integrated graphics. Today. You speculating a future that has not happened is still speculation. But let’s look at your speculation: Why would any business buy Xbox machines for enterprise computers from Microsoft instead from Dell, Lenovo, or HP? From what we can tell MS is trying to exit the hardware business. Your speculation makes no sense.

Do you actually work in a corporate job because where I work, Macs are becoming more common even among more technical developers. I was offered my choice of a Mac or Dell on the last hardware refresh. I chose Dell because at the time, some specific software required Windows. That is not longer the case as some software has been replaced and some software offer a Mac version now.

Most Linux distros install without the need to recompile. I have had to do it in very niche circumstances like specific niche hardware. One time it was because the MIPS CPU I was using needed a specific compile flag.