A COMPLETELY Upgradeable Laptop? - Framework Laptop Review

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Strong rec yashasolutions · 2021-08 · on “Ask HN: What Apple alternatives are you switching to?”

this one looks terrific! I saw the review made by Linus : [this video] - totally got me convinced. I left Apple to System76 2 years ago, but that'd likely be my choice if I'd be doing this today...

Recommends hanklazard · 2021-08 · on “Ask HN: Are there contemporary notebooks up for tinkerers?”

Same! The LTT review also mentioned the screen resolution as a problem, so that might be a nice upgrade in the future. FWIW, the rest of the review was really glowing. [this video]

Cites tpxl · 2021-07 · on “I've got a broken combine harvester – manufacturer won't give me software key”

> gluing everything together enables more compact, durable designs Maybe a tiiiiiiiny bit more compact, but definitely not more durable. Frame.work can apparently produce easily serviceable, rather thin designs of laptops that are even modular [this video] This is way thinner than my 2008 era HP and thinner than my 2021 era Lenovo. As far as phones go, the PCBs are a tiny part of the phone (The cpu, ram, storage combined are less than 1/2 of the phone surface area and probably less than 1/4 of the volume) so gluing them together doesn't even get you much. You might get a _small_ bit by soldering in the battery in the sense that you then don't need a "box" for the removable battery, but that is a

Cites nrp · 2021-08 · on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2021)”

Framework | Growth Manager, Full Stack Engineer | Full-time | Headquartered in Burlingame, CA, but REMOTE ok | [LINK] We're building people and planet-friendly consumer electronics products that are designed to be upgradeable, customizable, and repairable by the end user. Along with that, we're creating an e-commerce marketplace to monetize the ecosystems of products and parts we're enabling. Our first product is the recently-launched Framework Laptop, a thin and light notebook that is designed to last (see recent coverage at Ars Technica [ [LINK] ] and Linus Tech Tips [ [this video] ]). Our team is made up of folks from previous successful consumer electronics startups, including the founding te

Cites nrp · 2021-09 · on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2021)”

Framework | Growth Manager, Full Stack Engineer | Full-time | Headquartered in Burlingame, CA, but REMOTE ok | [LINK] We're building people and planet-friendly consumer electronics products that are designed to be upgradeable, customizable, and repairable by the end user. Along with that, we're creating an e-commerce marketplace to monetize the ecosystems of products and parts we're enabling. Our first product is the recently-launched Framework Laptop, a thin and light notebook that is designed to last (see recent coverage at Ars Technica [ [LINK] ] and Linus Tech Tips [ [this video] ]). Our team is made up of folks from previous successful consumer electronics startups, including the founding te

Cites nrp · 2021-10 · on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2021)”

Framework | Product Marketing Manager, Frontend Engineer | Full-time | Headquartered in Burlingame, CA, but REMOTE ok | [LINK] We're building people and planet-friendly consumer electronics products that are designed to be upgradeable, customizable, and repairable. Along with that, we're creating an e-commerce marketplace for the ecosystems of products and parts we're enabling. Our first product is the recently-launched Framework Laptop, a thin and light notebook that is designed to last (see recent coverage at Ars Technica [ [LINK] ] and Linus Tech Tips [ [this video] ]). Through the end of 2021, we're giving away a free Framework Laptop (i5-1135G7) to anyone who refers a candidate we end up hir

Cites rssoconnor · 2021-10 · on “Ask HN: What are you building this weekend?”

My personal laptop has been an Acer-C710 Chromebook for some time now. I bought it because it was inexpensive, upgradable, clearly could run linux, had an Intel (specifically non-ARM) CPU which meant that I could use nixos's binary cache for programs (non-ARM is probably somewhat less problematic today than it was in 2013). I went through several layers of rooting my Chromebook, eventually replacing the BIOS. I upgraded the RAM and (this year) replaced the HD with an SSD. But my laptop is getting old. The bezel is cracked and the screen cable seems ... ungrounded? Black isn't quite black. Still, I have been hesitant to upgrade to modern, non-upgradable laptops. But a few months ago Graham Ch

Cites nomdep · 2021-10 · on “OK Lenovo, we need to talk”

You will be very happy with this new laptop then: [LINK] Every internal component has a QR code sticker on it pointing to a web page with the specs, replacements, etc. See: [this video]