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And it's disappointing because Framework is the _perfect_ company to offer such an option.
I bought the first AMD Framework 13 at launch. It just works and I’d buy it again. To me their software story is compelling. To use the wording of the article, I like that I can be a weirdo running Linux on a laptop and not be a fringe use case. I had no interest in either of their supported distros but their support forums had the necessary hints needed to get a different distro up and running (plugging in newer fir…
I bought a Gen11 framework 13 then later when available I replaced its motherboard by a Gen12. The old motherboard with the coolermaster case is tucked between two books in my library and is now running my home proxmox. 64GB RAM 4TB NVME 4C/8T 2.5G ethernet and ... 2 Watt idle. I did run "proxmox in proxmox" with ceph and cloudinit/live migration for a conference I gave on this old motherboard: video https://jres.ubi…
Can you just plug usbc directly into them without using the expansion things?
The cooling seems to travel 90° corresponding to in the bottom and out the back of a laptop. How do you have it between two books?
The really special thing about Frameworks is that you can quickly buy and replace basically any part, not just the usual RAM and SSD -- case in point, when I managed to damage my FW13's keyboard such that it was no longer usable, I could just... go straight to Framework's website and buy a new one for $40. And, I even had the option of a slightly improved one, that shed the Windows key and lacked the god-awful copilo…
I was hoping that this is how it would work for System76 -- when I bought the laptop they sold replacement batteries. Five years later I find myself needing a battery and they are unavailable -- not on System76's website, not online, nowhere. My only option is to either replace the laptop or buy a used one and take the battery from that, hoping that it's good. For the last six months I've just been using a laptop as…
If I search for battery stuff shows up, but they only ship bare batteries to the 48 states and Canada.
Contacting support should be able to help you too.
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Omarchy and DHH are great, nice to see framework supporting them. hyprland is amazing too.
It certainly strikes me as odd that a company like framework would choose to support Omarchy so loudly as they did, and then refuse to comment on it.
I don't care about the upgradeability or repairability. I think that people espousing these points need a reality check - other laptops aren't that bad for repairability (I have always had Alienwares, and have had no trouble sourcing and installing parts in laptops even 10+ years old), and piecemeal upgrades really don't make sense in the long term. Framework also seems to have attracted a certain type of activist th…
Especially for the keyboard: 2~3 years of heavy use will have a clear impact, and I'd hate to get a replacement second hand (so already with a limited life span) or from a random vendor I have no idea if it will fry the motherboard.
Otherwise I was surprised by Framework's keyboard supporting QMK. That's the kind of nice things that make them standout IMHO.
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you can switch the ports pretty quickly on framework laptops.
In my experience (my partner has a Framework), changing a port is not something easily done without putting the Framework bottom side up. In practice you need to stop whatever you are doing to first sleep the laptop, turn it over, change the port and then get back to what you were doing before. Repeat the process if you want to get the ports back in the original order.
The really special thing about Frameworks is that you can quickly buy and replace basically any part, not just the usual RAM and SSD -- case in point, when I managed to damage my FW13's keyboard such that it was no longer usable, I could just... go straight to Framework's website and buy a new one for $40. And, I even had the option of a slightly improved one, that shed the Windows key and lacked the god-awful copilo…
The thinking goes they are brilliant because they are so easy to repair and parts are easy to source globally.
While that’s true, I much prefer to drive vehicles that don’t need repairs.
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I love my thinkpad, wrote up my experience with the Thinkpad T480 last year: https://maxrozen.com/replacing-my-macbook-m1-with-thinkpad-t... and a quick buyers guide here: https://maxrozen.com/getting-your-own-good-enough-laptop-for...
The HN thread responding to your T480 article is all that's needed to understand why it's not really a replacement for a MBP: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34878240
I thought Framework was worth a gamble. I replaced my last laptop after 10+ years because the battery gave out, the end-of-life hardware was so old it no longer got OS upgrades, and eventually apps stopped working. I like the idea of getting to easily throw new hardware at my machine to keep it going. (I also tired of Apple shoving bad experiences down my throat (TouchBar, Butterfly keyboards, thin glass screens that…
The problem is that the Framework starts so far behind in performance and battery efficiency of a cheaper Macbook that you aren’t saving money on perf upgrades. You really do have to buy it for the idea rather than the reality.
There is enormous historical irony in this comment. The Apple Distortion Field was an observable delusion for decades before Apple's ARM silicon.
That said, CPU performance is just one criterion in choosing a laptop, and Framework's modularity is a greater idea than anything Apple has ever done for re-use.
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I was hoping that this is how it would work for System76 -- when I bought the laptop they sold replacement batteries. Five years later I find myself needing a battery and they are unavailable -- not on System76's website, not online, nowhere. My only option is to either replace the laptop or buy a used one and take the battery from that, hoping that it's good. For the last six months I've just been using a laptop as…
I use laptops since the 90‘. I only ever wanted to get a new battery. Everthing else never had anybsignificant problem, or started to have problems when the machine was already obsolete (5 to 10 years). While I like the Frameworks, I personally don’t see lots of advantages in terms of reparability, ovly eventually in making one with exactly what I need and no more. But then they are a little pricey.