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I haven't bought any but ive worked on plenty. Yes some aredifficult to work on but the main issue is part availability which you'll run into on any modern portable. Its nice framework seems to want to solve that but adding more parts that can fail is not the answer.The pro:con ratio isn't enough for me to recommend this laptop to anyone especially normal users. Maybe if they supported coreboot along with plans to support different architectures down the line but I have yet to hear anything from framework suggesting they have any plans for any of that. Adding swappable connector things is even more pointless these days when a USBC/thunderbolt dock makes them ~~pointless~~ obsolete.
Anyone I know buying a new laptop I always tell them to spend the extra hundred bucks on the extended accidental protection warranty, its entirely worth it.
Do you mean like the current supply shortages or finding proprietary parts? If it's the latter, then framework does solve it.
I don't understand this, the laptop has no more parts than a normal laptop, they're just easier to change and repair.
What are the problematic cons here? I have found it to be very competitive with other laptops in the price range, and that's before you consider it's reparability and environmental aspects.
I don't see how these are useful for normal users.
I think about this the other way around, since framework has these expansion cards, you no longer have to bother with dongles and docks. Even apple of all companies realized this and brought back a multitude of ports to the macbook, though of course, you can't choose them like you can on framework. There's no particular downside to consumer for this. At worst, they're just a another part that can be replaced when they fail.
Sorry but trackpads and keyboards don't fail enough to justify making them 'easier to swap' (which is already easy enough in a lot of systems) and memory/storage are just as easy to swap as in any other system (granted they're not soldered on)
what? it adds a bunch of those usb-c/tb modules. That's a bunch of extra parts that only work in the framework laptop. There's plenty of usb-c/tb adapters in the world already. No need to make yet another adapter, especially if it's only compatible with framework notebooks.
By pros I mean anything really new and interesting. By cons I mean things like security vulnerabilities that are baked into most modern laptops. I don't see how framework is any more environmentally friendly than anything else, it just has not been in existence for enough time to see exactly how long they last.
because many normal users don't know what's good for them, especially regarding security.
this feels like a step backwards IMO. the best thing about the usb-c/tb standard is that it works with a multitude of EXTERNAL devices.
when you say framework will make less waste, i implore you to explain how this isn't wasteful
edit: it looks like they're going to be implementing coreboot at some point, which is always a good thing.
I feel you're really overestimating the how willing and able normal people are to make repairs on today's anti-consumer laptops. Most people will just have a laptop for a few years at which point enough things will break that they'll just buy a new one.
Where framework comes in is it makes it possible for normal people, so when screen/touchpad/keyboard/ram etc. do finally go dead they can replace them, they can easily upgrade storage/ram/cpu etc instead of having to buy an entirely new device and so keep it around for far longer. Better for the environment and the consumer.
I also don't understand your hate of expansion cards. As I said, if you'd rather use dongles and stuff, go ahead, but most people do find it a hassle and most devices don't use thunderbolt/usb-c.
I don't think there's an issue of buying them either, they're one of most prominent thing framework sells and they have also open sourced all schematics and stuff. I've already seen some enthusiasts design and sell some cards, and once framework gets in the hands of enough people, I bet some larger third-party companies will start doing so as well. And that's still better than other laptops in which if you dent a port or something, it's pretty much useless forever. In fact with framework, even if you break all your cards and all ability to purchase more mysteriously disappears, you can still use the internal thunderbolt ports.