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Discussion around the Framework mission of building products that last longer by making them upgradeable, customizable, and repairable. Consumer electronics can be better for you and for the environment.

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Why go Framework? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by Remarkable-Rent9083@alien.top to c/framework@hardware.watch

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I'm curious as to the benefits of going with a frame work laptop realistically?

I primarily do CAD work and such so my needs are a bit different that a lot of people. But even looking at it from the perspective of wanting to game, i could pick up a second hand Dell for a tenth the price of a frame work, and have quite powerful on board graphics with a powerful CPU, and sure it wont be latest gen but it would still be enough to out preform a Framework 13 and possibly 16, and have a far bigger screen.

So surely there are some other benefits to a frame work? Or is it really just the fact you can repair these easily that make people buy them?

I'd also like to mention I do fully support what Framework are doing in terms of reparability but when it comes to considering if I should buy one I have got to think a little more logically than believing in the dream.

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[–] hydrocryo01@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Before purchasing OG laptop 13 I had a Acer Chromebook 713 with the same processor. I'm looking for a laptop that's thin and light since I don't want to carry my gaming laptop all day, and I accidentally run into Framework.

But before even considering upgradeability, modularity, and repairability, Framework actually has some edges on hardware that almost no one else has in the States. Like one of the few 7840U/HS laptops with large-enough memory, without a dGPU, and with >=1 USB4 port (the other one being Lenovo Thinkpad P14s Gen 4 non 45%NTSC version).

For Framework Laptop 16, this is currently the only laptop on the planet that supports the public 48V/5A PD EPR standard. The debate between the powerful but heavy brick and the light but weak PD charger is now over. ASUS already demonstrated that they can even properly feed a 4090 mobile with 240W given a 7940HS, so 240W is enough. This alone can be a reason for going Framework.