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Framework Laptop pre-orders are open, starting at $999
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Re: Framework Laptop pre-orders are open, starting at $999
#72Framework founder here. Happy to answer any questions anyone has on the product!
Similar to the question from myself248:
Does it run on Free Software? Put another way, what would the FSF Respects Your Freedom programme [0] make of it? How does it compare to the Purism Librem machines?
Re: Framework Laptop pre-orders are open, starting at $999
#73This is not a knock on Framework, but it amuses me that a base spec of 8 GB of RAM is acceptable in 2021.
The last time I bought a laptop was 2014. It was a Macbook Pro 15'. Even then, 8 GB was an irritating amount of RAM, so I bumped it up to 16 GB.
7 years later things have hardly improved.
Re: Framework Laptop pre-orders are open, starting at $999
#74Framework founder here. Happy to answer any questions anyone has on the product!
Thank you very much for what you build. It's amazing, and will be the perfect replacement for my aging laptop. The only thing missing for me is an ethernet port (which I need to connect to the internal network at work). Do you have any plan to add it as an extension card ? If no, any technical reasons why not ?
Thanks! We are developing an Ethernet Expansion Card. Due to the size of the receptacle and magnetics required, it'll bump out rather than being flush like the other cards, but still more convenient than an external dongle.
Re: Framework Laptop pre-orders are open, starting at $999
#75This is really a great idea. I hope your company succeeds.
I would buy it just for the blank ISO keyboard. I hope you also add shipping from the EU.
BTW. Why does the Enter key look so strange?
Re: Framework Laptop pre-orders are open, starting at $999
#76Earlier quoted context omitted.
Just a note that the Base configuration that starts at $999 is also a quad core, the i5-1135G7. The i7-1185G7 is really only necessary if you need vPro for enterprise fleet management reasons (we also have a i7-1165G7 SKU for folks who want higher clocks but not vPro).
Are you able to elaborate on why there's no AMD option? I've preordered a DIY one, with the hope that down the line I can put an AMD main board in. (Still undecided on whether I'll want it if that never becomes an option)
We designed our mainboard system to be able upgradeable to future CPU platforms. We have nothing we can share around that today, but it's a core part of the product!
Re: Framework Laptop pre-orders are open, starting at $999
#77Can I get it without Windows please and save the licence fee for something I'll never use?
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#78I hope the hinges are of good quality and can be easily replaced, my two last had massive hinge issues, and replacing them is no easy task.
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#80I can't seem to find any information on the BIOS for this machine. I'd like to see something like this come with coreboot.