Not that concerned just yet. Lean staff. Linus Tech Tips is a huge investor in the company and driving up sales. There are a bunch of nonproprietary components, i.e. storage and RAM namely, the two most likely things to go (battery aside).

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It's a Gund and my wife says it's the best!

Is it two turns, then one, then two? Is the last one not a full turn first? I always forgot and it always took so many tries to get it right.

Interesting. Would you please share some vendors who offer laptops for lease?

That bear has also survived 30 years with me.

I worked at the high school I attended for a few years after. The lockers needed to be painted, but when they removed the built in locks, it reset them to one of three possible combinations....3 days before school started. So my coworker handled the records and I opened 1000 lockers working late into the night those 3 nights. By the end of it I could open any locker no matter the code just by feel. One of my favorite employment memories. Everyone was so happy we pulled it off.

Oh wow, I never knew such a thing existed! I really want one now!

Can't wait

To present OC’s comments in a more respectful way, how can you say something is BIFL if you’ve only had it for two months? I realize I’m being cynical but don’t you think I new startup company in a notoriously anticompetitive market space is a risky purchase and not worth of the BIFL title?

What happens if company goes under?

I don't disagree. I thought we were talking about the Framework, no?

what happens when the company goes bankrupt due to weak sales and you can’t get parts anymore ?

I'm telling you that they're incredible performers for what they are. That's true. The amount of performance they get for the power draw is very, very good. There's been little competition on release. Definitely nothing remotely close in an APU. It's a very wide chip that gets a very high IPC because it has so much die allocated to things that give it more efficiency.

Most people who praise it, though, seem to think you could put that chip into a much cheaper device that's non Apple and it'd still be affordable, and that they've developed some magic sauce that makes it Apple-tax worthy. It's NOT that. It's a very expensive to make, high end chip. So it goes into very expensive products that happen to have the "Apple tax".

Downside is no GPUs unless you want to do eGPU.

I have mine from gr. 7 still….so about 30 years. I’ll never forget that code. Heck, even if I do I know where the dial goes by muscle memory. It’s so smooth running too. I had other locks during highschool, but none compared to that particular one!

No but that’s a great idea, I honestly never thought of that! I’ve seen a couple of his vids but never even thought to seek him out for this. I’ll have to look into that, thanks!

How fast does it go through batteries?

It nose some things.

Housemate of mine had one in college. Blew my mind when I saw it. Much good music poured forth from it.

Ironically, framework is actually a really good budget option if you're replacing a laptop with removable ram and nvme storage, since the diy edition is one of the few ways to get a new laptop without those components.

Also, the DIY edition lets you save about $100 over the pre-configured models if you get the same specs but without a windows license. Just use the Microsoft activation scripts to bypass buying a key, or be a nerd and use Linux.

Yes. Both sides without needing to take it out. It also plays 45s and you can even record the album onto the cassette using the cassette player.

Thanks! You’re welcome. I think many people aren’t aware that they actually made boomboxes back in the 80’s with linear turntables in them. It plays both sides without needing to take the album out.

People tend to see things in strange ways. They see a washing machine that is 30 years old and say "well it must be good if it last that long" But I know use is far more important than time. If the thing looks brand new maybe it wasn't used that much. Use of something is very important. Based on what I see here I think many of these people just sit this stuff on a shelf to look at it. Meanwhile I now work in IT but I must be the one that doesn't understand technology.

Typing this out on an 11 12 year old 15" Dell Latitude, a business model designed around easy user repairs and upgrades. That's precisely why I still have it: you can continue to dive in to help it deliver contemporary, modern OS experiences (dual SSD Win 10/Linux). CPU, RAM, drives (including optical), keyboard, battery, etc. have been swapped out over the years. Used to be this was standard practice on devices. Now? Disposability is a feature.

So it's back to the future for Framework, though they really take user serviceability to a new level. Good for them. If this Dell ever dies most likely a Framework will be my next (and last) laptop.