Oh glue... [computers, work]
May. 10th, 2023 02:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rebeccmeisterSo twoeleven asked a great question with regards to the work computer bait-and-switch: based on the storage differences, could I maybe just swap my old hard drive into the new computer?
I believe if I wanted to do so, I'd probably have to get someone from our IT department involved. But I got curious about what it would take, so I trotted over to iFixit for a quick minute. And the answer is: glue. These iMacs are glued together. I had to deal with Fruit Company glue when I replaced Amber's battery. It is not a pleasant experience. To some extent, I understand why they've gone with glue. However. This tells you so, so much about their broader manufacturing philosophy. They care not about anyone's interest in repairs or upgrades.
But I mean, maybe I should ask our IT department anyway, just to drive home the point that it's a pretty obnoxious thing to "upgrade" someone to a machine with that much less storage. Migrating is already annoying enough, without having to comb through files at the same time.
Most likely a lot of this has to do with people being enamoured with the various flavors of "cloud" storage. I need to put another of the "There Is No Cloud" stickers on the new incoming laptop.
twoeleven asked a great question with regards to the work computer bait-and-switch: based on the storage differences, could I maybe just swap my old hard drive into the new computer?I believe if I wanted to do so, I'd probably have to get someone from our IT department involved. But I got curious about what it would take, so I trotted over to iFixit for a quick minute. And the answer is: glue. These iMacs are glued together. I had to deal with Fruit Company glue when I replaced Amber's battery. It is not a pleasant experience. To some extent, I understand why they've gone with glue. However. This tells you so, so much about their broader manufacturing philosophy. They care not about anyone's interest in repairs or upgrades.
But I mean, maybe I should ask our IT department anyway, just to drive home the point that it's a pretty obnoxious thing to "upgrade" someone to a machine with that much less storage. Migrating is already annoying enough, without having to comb through files at the same time.
Most likely a lot of this has to do with people being enamoured with the various flavors of "cloud" storage. I need to put another of the "There Is No Cloud" stickers on the new incoming laptop.
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Date: 2023-05-10 06:30 pm (UTC)Oh, god... I loathe those with a passion.
Depending on the age of the older disk, you may be able to put into an external case and plug it into your new computer.
Most likely a lot of this has to do with people being enamoured with the various flavors of "cloud" storage.
It has to do with Fruit Co wanting people to put their files on their cloud™ servers, where they can spy on them.
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Date: 2023-05-10 07:50 pm (UTC)Not only can they spy on them, they can charge us moneys on an ongoing basis!
I HATE subscription services with a fiery passion.
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Date: 2023-05-10 08:15 pm (UTC)