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As long as the specs for the mechanical port are stable, which there is incentive for as users would be angry if they had to rebuy, it is better. Third party c
by gorjusborg 5y ago
As long as the specs for the mechanical port are stable, which there is incentive for as users would be angry if they had to rebuy, it is better.
Third party companies could make compatible parts.
I look at this laptop as a proof of concept for something we should all want to exist: a modular and repairable laptop. Just because it isn't perfect doesn't make it bad.
- websites2023 5y agoThere’s a better chance that someone will release the design for people to 3D print their own.
- cge 5y agoIt appears the company is pretty serious about trying to create an open market for the expansion cards. They have CC-BY licensed reference designs of the expansions cards (https://github.com/FrameworkComputer/ExpansionCards https://github.com/FrameworkComputer/ExpansionCards), and employees are in the forums answering questions and giving pretty forthright design advice (eg, https://community.frame.work/t/dual-usb-c-expansion-card-mockup/2325 https://community.frame.work/t/dual-usb-c-expansion-card-moc...). It also appears that they're giving funding to people developing them (eg, https://community.frame.work/t/rp2040-microcontroller-expansion-card/2487 https://community.frame.work/t/rp2040-microcontroller-expans...). I was enormously skeptical when I first heard about the company, as the history of computing is littered with the devices and prototypes of startups that suggested they were going to make something different and open and extensible, only to have those promises be completely overblown, and usually have communication become shady and vague. But while I'm not quite confident enough to buy one yet, and I'll be very interested to see how their ecosystem evolves over the next few months, it actually looks like they might be succeeding here.