The Framework is the most exciting laptop I've used
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The Framework is the most exciting laptop I've used
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Re: The Framework is the most exciting laptop I've used
#2Thank you for the writeup, it seems like they have done a great job with The Framework. Does it come in that beige-looking color shown on the yellow background?
I think I might want a beige laptop, something with the fine lines of The Framework and the raw aesthetic appeal of Lappy 486.
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#3I just bought my very first MacBook Air ever. But seeing a laptop like this, with everything being customisable (in contrast to my Apple laptop: nothing can be customised or replaced by me) I feel a tinge of regret...
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#4Cool, but why isn't the CPU bring-your-own?
Re: The Framework is the most exciting laptop I've used
#5I just bought my very first MacBook Air ever. But seeing a laptop like this, with everything being customisable (in contrast to my Apple laptop: nothing can be customised or replaced by me) I feel a tinge of regret...
Well, if you regret it more than a tinge, and you just bought it from Apple, you can return it within a 2 week window, I believe.
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#6Cool, but why isn't the CPU bring-your-own?
Because they are BGA chips designed to be soldered on, and most people do not have the capacity to do that at home.
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#7This looks really cool, but the author... is... replacing their laptop every year? Like, I'm writing this on an 8 year old MBP that has survived as my round-the-house driver because it still does everything well. My daily driver is getting on a bit now (3yr) and my desktop only just got replaced after 5 years.
Forget the cost, but the waste!
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#8Cool, but why isn't the CPU bring-your-own?
I don't think that mobile CPUs are available socketed
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#9I wish that I needed a laptop so that I could buy one. I sincerely hope this company succeeds so that they are around when I do need a laptop.
> Yesterday, I put my 2019 Thinkpad on my pile of "laptops to refurbish and donate." I've bought a new Thinkpad almost every year since 2006. I think that's over.
wat
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#10I am saving currently for it and I can't describe the vague worry I feel that this will become the next big thing. Where I'll be refreshing their page every morning for new drops to attempt to get them before they sell out