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Re: The Frame.work Marketplace Opened

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Post by jedimastert »

You know what I would love to see? The mechanical keyboard community get a hold of this.

Actually, what would be kinda cool and a bit more "practical" (in a since, at least) would be an option without any keyboard at all (plain aluminum or like plexiglass or acrylic or something) so I can use my own keyboard. I know from experience my Planck or Atreus fit on top of a normal laptop keyboard footprint, but I always feel so weird putting a mechanical keyboard on top of a laptop keyboard, damaging something or another.

Actually, I'm off to go through that into the community forum

Re: The Frame.work Marketplace Opened

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Post by rockemsockem »

echelon wrote: post #52
nisegami wrote: post #2

I can't remember the last time I so badly wanted a company to succeed AND also believed it was possible for them to thrive. I think the landscape is right: awareness of reparability is probably at the highest its ever been, along with access to information and tools. The chip shortage and general lack of breakthrough gains in processing aside from Zen has stalled the upgrade cycles a bit, giving Framework time to dig…

I hope this company grows and never forgets its openness. I'd love to see them absorb an open source phone, like Pine Phone, and create a cohesive open platform and device ecosystem. Imagine if they grew big enough to buy out Remarkable. Note taking, ebooks, ... I'd love to have all my hardware and productivity tools from an open company and have them all be hackable, extensible, repairable, and interoperable. Maybe…

Why do you think the best case scenario for openness is centralization? I love all of the organizations you listed and I think the best way for them to thrive is to remain separate.

You want good integration between an open phone, laptop, and e-ink tablet? It's far better for open standards to be established to make this possible, so that any future company founded on similar principles with a similar business model can step right into this ecosystem.

Re: The Frame.work Marketplace Opened

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Post by sylens »

nisegami wrote: post #2

I can't remember the last time I so badly wanted a company to succeed AND also believed it was possible for them to thrive. I think the landscape is right: awareness of reparability is probably at the highest its ever been, along with access to information and tools. The chip shortage and general lack of breakthrough gains in processing aside from Zen has stalled the upgrade cycles a bit, giving Framework time to dig…

I believe they recently got more funding to expand operations because Linus from LTT said he was personally investing in them. That makes me feel a little bit better about waiting for a 14" form factor and/or an AMD chip

Re: The Frame.work Marketplace Opened

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Post by outworlder »

kodah wrote: post #57
mfer wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

More ports? There are 4 slots and you can put in what you want. If you want all 4 to be USB-C you can have that. Are you looking for more than 4 slots? If that's the case you'll have to wait for different processors. I think the ones they are using only support up to 4 slots.

Oh nice, I didn't see options to replace the ports shown in the image with USB C. I'm supposing that's in the configuration wizard when you elect to buy?

No, all ports are USB-C. You can then choose which 'modules' are plugged into them, and swap them at any time.

Essentially, they are like 'dongles', but they sit flush and don't take additional space.

Re: The Frame.work Marketplace Opened

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Post by feteru »

aunty_helen wrote: post #60

Looking to get off Apples ecosystem after their last couple years of privacy debacles etc. I'm also facing a 350eur battery replacement as my mbp trends below 70% life and Apple requires me to replace about half of the laptop to get a new battery. This is the answer that I've been waiting for. My MBP is 15" and I prefer the bigger size / spec but this laptop is only 13" and would normally be a dealbreaker for me howe…

I replaced my mbp battery recently, it wasn't too bad. Apple also quoted me needing to replace logic board, etc. due to some water damage indicators tripped. Just go slow and it's only ~Not to hold you back from getting a new framework, I replaced my battery but am still looking at one of these too!

Re: The Frame.work Marketplace Opened

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Post by kitsunesoba »

stormbrew wrote: post #7

I really hope they add a keyboard with better arrow key/home/end/pgup/pgdn keys at some point. This is literally one of the most important factors for me in a laptop because I hate the way most laptops do them.

If they release CAD files for the laptop enclosure and pinouts for the keyboard ribbon cable, one could theoretically 3D print or CNC an alternate top cover that can accommodate a keyboard with the desired layout, such as those of old ThinkPads and Latitudes/Precisions.

Re: The Frame.work Marketplace Opened

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Post by keawade »

jedimastert wrote: post #61

You know what I would love to see? The mechanical keyboard community get a hold of this. Actually, what would be kinda cool and a bit more "practical" (in a since, at least) would be an option without any keyboard at all (plain aluminum or like plexiglass or acrylic or something) so I can use my own keyboard. I know from experience my Planck or Atreus fit on top of a normal laptop keyboard footprint, but I always fee…

I think it will likely take significant modification to fit a mech keeb in the laptop as is. [I asked about the stock keyboard dimensions and was told the module is 3.8mm thick](https://community.frame.work/t/the-keyboard/155/5) which doesn't leave enough room for low profile mechanical keyboard switches that are all ~8mm thick without accounting for caps.

That said, I'm right there with you hoping to see some cool mech keeb work around these laptops!

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