One thing I’ve wondered about the FW is if it will look pretty much exactly the same 3, 5 or even 10 years down the line.

Not that I think theres anything wrong with the design (its just about perfect), but I wonder if FW will release a “new version” that isn’t fully swappable with the old version.

My guess would be they release a new “shell” that may or may not be compatible with the old motherboard, maybe smaller bezels, or whatever new thing is popular at the time. Maybe they just decide to release a very similar shell, but that is made from new materials with some minor changes that make things so that they arent fully backwards-compatible.

I think they’ll release updated boards for the old gen for maybe 2 generations before only making new board for the "new"design.

Im predicting this will happen in around 3-4 generations from now.

What do you think?

    • amagicmonkey@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      it’s not exactly the same though, which is what matters if you want to make parts compatible

    • 02nz@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Best example is probably the MacBook Air from 2008, which kept the same design for a decade.