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My "laptop" only gets used on desks and my "desktop" sits under my table. Go figure.. He calls it a laptop since Framework calls its computers "laptops" and the whole setup is battery powered.
This build also folds down and has an integrated keyboard like a normal laptop.
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Why not buy two computers? Your boss will probably pay for both.
It's quite a pain to keep two computers in sync. You don't want to end up blocked on a task because you forgot to push your changes. I'm also pretty sure that no company I have worked for would have paid for me to have two company computers.
Here, two of these ports are used for the side displays, one for a 4-port USB-A hub, and one is apparently exposed to the outside via some right-angle adapter, intended as power input.
Even tho the "power input" could probably be used for a dock or similar, just one USB-C and 4 USB-A is a bit lame for I/O.
Maybe they could've tried to power both side displays from one port by using a dual-DP hub to have one more exposable USB-C port; and/or replace the 4xUSB-A hub with a dock with more features - ethernet, video out and an SD card reader would be useful
I like how he uses framework parts to build this. His builds at the end always look better than you expect
This has basically refueled my idea of making a modern version of the IBM PS/2 Model P70. Instead of desktop components I can use parts of a framework pc to skip out on a lot of the horrors of planning custom builds like this.
You may be able to get build inspiration from that community.
This looks like a cool desktop computer; not sure why he labels a computer explicitly designed to not be usable in your lap a "laptop".
That's why in other languages it's called "notebook computer" or "portable computer". "Laptop" never really made sense. No one ever used laptops on the lap.
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Why not buy two computers? Your boss will probably pay for both.
It's quite a pain to keep two computers in sync. You don't want to end up blocked on a task because you forgot to push your changes. I'm also pretty sure that no company I have worked for would have paid for me to have two company computers.
If you don't know Matt's channel - give it a go. All the projects he does have a really, really high level of quality.
By far my favorite thing about his builds is they are also very actually DIY. Like, basic hand tools are all that's required most of the time and actually affordable parts. So many youtuber "DIY's" are like "today I chucked this into my $10,000 CNC and printed off this part in my $5,000 3D printer, then used this whole-room positional tracking system I had laying around to blah blah blah" or "making this awesome uniq…
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Actually, that frightens me. I know of another powerful, tested, and DIY friendly compact computer: the Raspberry Pi. The Pi got integrated into so many full fledged commercial products that it's lost its availability for hackers. If the Framework mainboard becomes a Super-Pi, will Framework owners be able to get the spare parts that they were counting on?
The rumor is that the pi is having issues because Broadcom (who actually owns the IP in their chips) is pissed that they built a for profit company on top of IP Broadcom donated intending to be going to a nonprofit. Rumor is that's also why there's no progress on an RPi5, as that would require coordination with Broadcom. That would also explain why the Pico had no problems being stocked, as it contains no Broadcom IP…
Framework should sell a fully integrated portable like this. I bet this would be popular with Framework's target market.
They can't even afford to have mass production for 15/16 inch laptops, I don't believe such a niche target is within their realm of possibility.
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He does address this exact concern in the video. He explains that laptops make ergonomic trade offs he isn’t amenable to it, so the whole point was to build a NON laptop.
I thought it wasn't an effort to make a NON laptop, but rather to try to redefine what a laptop should be. Instead of having small computers that we can use while it is sitting on our laps, we should have a portable computer that is more comfortable to use. Take the part of the laptop that's good (the portability) and adapt it to be something that is even better. We can quibble with if this is a "true" laptop later..…
Yes, but the laptop form factor is the only thing that has any hope of working in the space granted to someone sitting on a train. And "use it while travelling" feels like a fairly important use case for the "mobile computer" niche.