Replaceable parts aren't necessarily better if they come with huge design tradeoffs. For maximum replaceability, you should get a desktop—but Microsoft is selling laptops.
I'm glad iFixit is considering the tradeoffs involved here.
I'm glad iFixit is considering the tradeoffs involved here.
Most devices are going to make some sort of tradeoff, the question is which ones are reasonable given the upsides.
We no longer have Solid Capacitor and they aren't even a repairing problem anymore. That goes the same with LPDDR.
If you tradeoff repairability for performance in the repairability metric, once you compare the repairability metric to the performance metric, you've double counted the performance
That 15 watt cpu? 10/10 performance because of the power draw!
That 45 watt cpu? 10/10 power draw because of the performance it provides!