The thing this tweeter misses is that people usually have reasons for buying, a need to fulfil. Like you don't need an optical drive included, so you didn't get a machine with one. Bro is complaining about needing a versatile machine with features like a Dell but is looking no further than the machine designed for prettyboys whose most demanding tasks are Instagram edits and persistent digital life synchronisation.

Nobody ever complains to Nike about their lack of rugged, they walk out and go to a Doc Martens - or they used to before DM sold out

As someone who has used the peripheral ones, there is a tradeoff compared to built-in: they break more frequently. There's just not enough "armor" keeping the internals safe from even just being squished a little too hard in a backpack

Yeah who knows how old this is. A builtin DVD/CD/bluray player? Tweet has date cut off.

But also yeah, I agree with the rest. I tried with the small form factor laptops for a while but in the end it's neither here nor there: I'm not taking it with me everywhere (I don't work in tech), even if it's small. And the times I do take it with me the size does not matter much - as long as it still fits in my backpack I guess.