I am not talking about 2 in 1 hybrids, were all the important parts are behind the screen already.
For example if you broke your screen, you can just detach it, buy a new one, fix it with some screws and plug it in, like a standard monitor for pc. It considered undesirable by the public, and companies think people won’t buy it? Or is it a way get more profit from repairs/having to buy a whole new device in some cases? Or it is somehow simple more cost-efficient?
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The vast majority of people will never break their screen, and the vast majority of those who do would just take it to a repair service, who have the expertise required to replace a screen regardless of whether or not it was designed to be detachable. The only reason PC monitors aren’t a part of the computer (although on an increasing number of models, they *are*) is simply because this is the way it’s always been done, and the PC market is pretty resistant to change, especially considering a lot of people specifically require the somewhat modular nature of a computer system which lets them pick the exact components they want. Plus of course, a computer company (namely apple) can make double the money by selling you two separate products. You can’t do that with laptops, because people already view laptops as a complete product. Separate one into two parts and people will actually notice they’re being ripped off.
Laptop screens aren’t detachable because they simply don’t need to be. Only a very small amount of people would get any benefit from that at all, and those who really need it can just learn the skills required to replace a screen on their own.
If you break your laptop screen, you can undo the bezel, remove the broken screen and replace it with a new one, which is pretty cheap. It’s a routine surgery, so to speak. I had to do it once and it took perhaps 15 minutes.
Making the whole unit easily replaceable is surely possible but wouldn’t be cost-efficient engineering because people don’t break their screens that often.
>like a standard monitor for pc
There isn’t a standard model monitor, there’s a standard for *connecting* a monitor to the PC.
The biggest reason a laptop monitor dies is because it’s part of a laptop. The hinges (not a part of a normal monitor) break and the connector cables ran through the moving hinge break. There’s also the fact that there’s a dc to ac converter in the laptop which on a normal monitor isn’t there at all, is part of the power cable, or not near any moving parts.
Combine that with the fact their custom designing each “monitor” (the LCD panels are fairly standard) as well as designing the rest of the internals to be slim/light/portable and you end up with a system where you need to take out 5 parts to replace one.
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