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- From: richard.pieri at gmail.com (Rich Pieri)
- Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2016 20:42:15 -0400
- In-reply-to: <20160720152644.0797a08b@mydesk.domain.cxm>
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On 7/20/2016 3:26 PM, Steve Litt wrote: > Also, the computers of 2000-2008 were much more robust than today's > thin, light, cut glass ornaments that pass for laptops. I bought two Certainly, most of what's out there is pretty flimsy but it has nothing to do with being thin and sleek. It's the BGA (ball grid array) surface mountings which has replaced PGA (pin grid array) in consumer electronics. BGA is crap. It has a lot of mechanical problems which make it significantly less durable and much harder to inspect for defects than PGA mountings. Even something that looks like it can take a beating probably can't due to the BGA mountings. Main board gets flexed? Dead computer. -- Rich P.
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