If I bought a framework laptop I would not physically be able to stop fiddling with it. I think I may end up spending more money in the long run. It’s too configurable for its own good.

I wonder if they’ll ever consider adding an e ink screen option, with a separate normal screen. There have been a few concept laptops like that, but I don’t think the demand is enough to actually make that profitable, but if it was just a configuration option of an otherwise more normal laptop, then I could see it being viable.

That’s sweet. Do you have one?

I’ve got a framework 13. It’s not better than a Macbook except in terms of user-serviceability.

• It’s hot and loud (hopefully the AMD upgrade will fix this)
• Battery life is atrocious (hoping AMD and battery upgrade will fix this)
• Trackpad isn’t as good (piano hinge, and the coating has more friction.)
• fewer ports(!) (limited to 4 expansion cards)
• sleep is broken (modern standby, ugh. S3 exists on the 11th gen model but it’s no better than s2idle. I’ll have to see if the AMD one is any better)
• Keyboard has bigger keys than I’d like, and while the key feel is pretty nice, it’s also heaver than any macbook I’ve used. Also, the layout is standard laptop garbage. The only reason the layout works on a macbook is because of macos’s shortcuts. On a PC I want a full PC keyboard like we had on 2011 ThinkPads.

That said, I do really like the laptop. I just find myself reaching for my macbook especially due to the issue with battery life.