The irony is that for some companies that have instituted RTO policies, these teams can be geographically located very far from each other. For someone I know their immediate manager is several states away and their manger’s boss is in another country. So they have to drive into work just to get on a video conference call and sometimes at very inconvenient hours. But at least the company satisfied some goal for the shareholders.

Yes but they are made for commercial displays meaning that they do not handle motion well. Great for signs but bad for the latest blockbuster action movie. But the TVs will last forever.

Some of them require it on the initial setup and even to update the firmware.

And which consumer TVs are not Smart TVs these days? They are all Smart TVs unless they are commercial sign displays which are way more expensive than consumer TVs. But please show us where the average person can get these dumb TVs.

So you think they want zero PC customers after the bubble bursts? The goal is to make more money not zero customers.

What is there to lie about? One type of customer is willing to pay lots of money for a type of product that makes lots of profit for them. They are shifting production to make more money. This screws over other types of customer. Why is your instinct to accuse them of lying?

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.