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I’m not sure how to feel about this warning notice? “This product can expose you to chemicals including Nickel (Metallic), which is known to the State of California to cause cancer, and Bisphenol A (BPA), which is known to the State of California to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm. For more information go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov“

>I’m not sure how to feel about this warning notice?

Is that because these warnings are so ubiquitous they've lost all meaning?

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post #244

I’m not sure how to feel about this warning notice? “This product can expose you to chemicals including Nickel (Metallic), which is known to the State of California to cause cancer, and Bisphenol A (BPA), which is known to the State of California to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm. For more information go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov“

I see a similar warning on balsamic vinegar, and I've seen it at a Starbucks for coffee.

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This device is seriously the answer to all my laptop problems. I really like the form factor of the XPS 13, but now I'm stuck with the complete inability to upgrade RAM. In what universe is that normal? Then I accidentally nuked the USB-C ports on the left side when it got wet, and now I'm left with a single port for everything, including charging. What!? Why? I tore the entire thing apart and there's just no way to replace anything besides the SSD drive, everything else is soldered on. I'm in Batch 1 and can't wait to get my full purchase email. I seriously see this as an investment. I'll pay full price for a laptop once more, and then every other incident like this will just be parts and labor to get things back to square one.

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How is the screen outdoors? Total brightness and glare are important factors here. IPS is good.

I've been using it outdoors in the California sunshine. It goes up to 400 nit. It has an anti-glare coating, but it is still a normal glossy screen (meaning no matte layer added on top).

Could you please share the exact screen measurements? I purchased one but strongly prefer matte screens so I’ll be trying to look for a matte screen protector that fits.

Re: The Framework Laptop is now shipping

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Why such hostility towards accepting crypto as a payment option? I'm sure you know there are payment processors that convert the crypto to cash in the bank with minimal effort.

Your company's statement that you won't accept crypto because it is "bad for environment" seems more political than operational/technical.

Re: The Framework Laptop is now shipping

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This looks like a very cool laptop! What material is it made out of? Do you have information about how the pci-e lanes are routed? I’m wondering because it would be interesting to see how EGPUs perform with this laptop. Do you have plans to release different types of key caps ( such as U-shaped keys? )

The housing is made of 50% post-consumer recycled aluminum. The plastic parts are on average 30% post-consumer recycled plastic. There's some more information about the PCI-e lanes here: https://community.frame.work/t/iommu-groups-for-thunderbolt-... We don't currently have plans for other keycap geometries, but we do have a range of different languages in progress.

Thank you. Good to see some of the parts are recycled components too.

Re: The Framework Laptop is now shipping

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Major thumbs-up for AMD chip. With a replaceable main board, this will be a dream. I ordered a framework laptop at its highest CPU+RAM spec and can't wait to replace my 6 years old ThinkPad x250 with it. EDIT: would also add that the open source design USB-C based side modules are amazing - looking forward to designing my own modules.

Thanks! We're looking forward to seeing the modules everyone develops, and we're excited to get new mainboards out in the future.

+1 for AMD for me, I'd absolutely buy this today if I could get a 5000 series HS in it too.
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