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Framework Raises $18M Series A

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Re: Framework Raises $18M Series A

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Post by bradfa »

fyzix wrote: post #31

I wished they took it one step at a time rather than tackling so many issues at once. Making a repairable laptop would be enough to jumpstart the mission. Making it repairable, upgradable, customizable and using morally sourced raw materials seems like too much for a start-up to handle. If they focused on 1 or 2 goals at a time, I reckon they'd be able to manufacture these faster and cheaper.

It's a similar mission to Fairphone. I imagine as soon as you try to do any one of these things in your product design (repair, upgrade, customize, sourcing, etc) then you get into suppliers, supply chains, and price points where doing all the rest of them is effectively straight forwards and not horribly costly.

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Post by echelon »

nrp wrote: post #3

Edited: We've posted in the February Who's Hiring thread too: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30165535

I'd love to see a phone and eInk notebook (like Remarkable) in your future. If you can create an ecosystem of products, you'll capture much of the tech field.

Very excited for your raise!

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Post by bcrosby95 »

Sebb767 wrote: post #11

> We’re not ready to share what the next products are just yet, but this funding unlocks categories even more ambitious than our first one. We have a detailed plan in place for the next two years and napkin sketch ideas going out a couple of decades. It'll be really interesting to see where they go next. Given that they're already in computer and custom board space, I'd make a guess that it's going to be routers - si…

I would love for them to expand their laptop offerings to include something a bit more powerful. It seems like a much easier expansion rather than moving into routers.

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Post by durovo »

netant wrote: post #28

I purchased one last year and it's been great so far. Pros: - price. I have spare RAM and NVME ssd so this brings the price further down - modular port... Cons: - display/hinge is not very stable - touch pad is not as good as macbook's. I can't reliably click-and-drag using a singe hand (thumb finger to click, then index finger to drag). On macbook this gesture works perfectly fine. Wish there is a bigger version, an…

"I can't reliably click-and-drag using a singe hand" --- Does a single-finger double tap and drag not work?

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Post by bluehatbrit »

samwillis wrote: post #52
andrewgioia wrote: post #8

Love my Framework. Barring Apple's recent move away from the touchbar it's honestly the first machine I've been excited about in 6 or so years. The build quality is great, love the simplicity and design of the expansion ports, and the repair/upgrade-ability is huge. It's gotten me back into using Linux as a daily driver. I really hope they stay true to their vision and that this means expanding it into other consumer…

I couldn't find on their site, is the casework/cassis plastic or aluminium?

Thankfully it's aluminum!

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Post by hackerlytest »

Karsteski wrote: post #55
nrp wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We're currently hiring in the US and Taiwan, where we have entities set up. We will likely set up an EU entity to open up hiring there too, but we don't have a timeline for that at the moment.

Will you be opening up any Canada positions? I would love to be able to apply in say a year.

Maybe Linus can also present the idea to them. Since he's now a shareholder and possibly their most popular owner.

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Post by TheMagicHorsey »

I really wish there was a vendor that makes a high-performance ARM-based SOC available to third-parties. The problem with x86 laptops these days is that they feel a generation behind Apple laptops in both power consumption and performance. This doesn't have to be the case. Apple has a great hardware team, but they don't have a monopoly on ARM. There could be competitors out there doing what AMD and Intel won't do.
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