Framework laptops look incredible.
This insight into how well they, and the team behind them, react when things go wrong from @pluralistic is a reminder that their commitment to making laptops good for the USER again is solid.
My current 7th Gen i5 HP laptop is still working very well, I’m not replacing it any time soon, but when I do finally need a new #laptop it will absolutely be a Framework one.
@wiredfire @pluralistic wow! That’s really cool. I’m a big fan of products that are designed to be fixable. Plus they are well priced too.
@wiredfire I've kept an eye on framework on and off since they first started promoting the philosophy, and long before they had anything for sale, and so far things seem to be going well for them.
The £1000+ price tag is out of my league for what I use a laptop for but for me it was always the hope that their success would reverse the drive toward "we glued/soldered it, even we have no path to fix it" mentality that has become so prevalent in the arena.
@gpowerf @pluralistic awesome, no? 😁 Though while I agree they’re well priced for what you get, ~£1k is still well outside of an accessible price for many. Those guys are stuck to buying £300 PoS hardware that breaks in under 2 years then buying cheap crap again. It’s the Sam Vimes boots theory of economics in action.
While I wouldn’t expect Framework level service for less than £1k, I really hope we see modular repairable laptops at lower prices.