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Stardate 2022-05-19
Today, frame.work just announced a new framework laptop.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31433556
I purchased a framework laptop late last year and have been absolutely loving it. I have a separate review post for those interested.
gemini://erock.io/2021/11/01/framework-vs-mbp
The new upgrades are:
One big complaint I have with the laptop is how flimsy the lid feels. It would stay in place for me, but if I had to walk around at all the lid would slowly become flat and flush to with the rest of the laptop.
For $90 I'm definitely getting this upgrade.
The mainboard I'm excited about, especially the potential for power savings. However, for ~$450 which is half the price of the laptop, I have a much harder time justifying that purchase. I was hoping for an AMD or and ARM mainboard because I would be very interested in either of those.
People online have been speculating that the reliance on thunderbolt 4 is preventing framework from selling an AMD mainboard, even thought it's just an implementation of USB4 and the new AMD CPUs support USB4.
Anyway, what I really love about this laptop is normally when there's a new model release I get this intense sense of FOMO or buyer's remorse.
I regularly think to myself:
If I would have waited to get a new laptop until now
I don't feel that way at all with framework. They are clearly committed to selling any new models as upgrades to previous models, which is so refreshing.
I can't wait to see what they comes up with next and by the look of it, they are doing very well as a business so I expect to see them around for awhile.
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