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It sounds like a MacBook with extra steps. Why not just get a MacBook? What customization do you really need?

by yupper32 5y ago

destitude 5y ago
Because MacBooks can't be easily fixed by end-users or upgradeable.
- yupper32 5y ago
  How often does that actually need to happen these days? It feels like a solution looking for a problem.
  - christophilus 5y ago
    I switched to a Dell XPS + Linux when my Macbook crapped out after only a few months. The Apple store shipped it out and it took over a week before I got it back. If that laptop had been a Framework laptop, I could have just ordered the part, swapped it out, and moved along.
  - fouc 5y ago
    If everything works then it feels like a luxury, but if something breaks it feels like a necessity. Being able to upgrade components also lets you buy at a cheaper price initially and then grow it to suit your needs later. Also the laptop will be probably end up being usable for a decade or more. I recently upgraded my 2015 MBP's SSD from 256GB to 1TB (it's the last upgradeable macbook). It's great to get a significant speed boost on read/write times and more disk space. And it only cost me about $100-150 to make it happen. The 2015 MBP is still fast and snappy for my purposes, it's hard to justify getting a new laptop yet.
  - ldh 5y ago
    Most people have never had to replace the starter in their automobile, but the ones that have sure are glad it's not spitefully welded in place just to make things difficult for them.
    - lotsofpulp 5y ago
      A vehicle starter's lifespan relative to the lifespan of the whole vehicle is probably very different than that of a component of a laptop relative to the laptop itself. As well as the cost of repair relative to the cost of buying new.
    - sbradford26 5y ago
      If I remember correctly the replacing the alternator in a 2006 VM Touareg is something like that. Something like a 6k job if you have a shop do it because it requires dropping the engine. Also the alternator is liquid cooled and costs over 1k just by itself.
conradfr 5y ago
Not OP but I would want ... not MacOS ;)
- deadmutex 5y ago
  Sounds like you Think different. ;)

It sounds like a MacBook with extra steps. Why not just get a MacBook? What customization do you really need?

destitude 5y ago

Because MacBooks can't be easily fixed by end-users or upgradeable.

yupper32 5y ago
How often does that actually need to happen these days? It feels like a solution looking for a problem.
- christophilus 5y ago
  I switched to a Dell XPS + Linux when my Macbook crapped out after only a few months. The Apple store shipped it out and it took over a week before I got it back. If that laptop had been a Framework laptop, I could have just ordered the part, swapped it out, and moved along.
- fouc 5y ago
  If everything works then it feels like a luxury, but if something breaks it feels like a necessity. Being able to upgrade components also lets you buy at a cheaper price initially and then grow it to suit your needs later. Also the laptop will be probably end up being usable for a decade or more. I recently upgraded my 2015 MBP's SSD from 256GB to 1TB (it's the last upgradeable macbook). It's great to get a significant speed boost on read/write times and more disk space. And it only cost me about $100-150 to make it happen. The 2015 MBP is still fast and snappy for my purposes, it's hard to justify getting a new laptop yet.
- ldh 5y ago
  Most people have never had to replace the starter in their automobile, but the ones that have sure are glad it's not spitefully welded in place just to make things difficult for them.
  - lotsofpulp 5y ago
    A vehicle starter's lifespan relative to the lifespan of the whole vehicle is probably very different than that of a component of a laptop relative to the laptop itself. As well as the cost of repair relative to the cost of buying new.
  - sbradford26 5y ago
    If I remember correctly the replacing the alternator in a 2006 VM Touareg is something like that. Something like a 6k job if you have a shop do it because it requires dropping the engine. Also the alternator is liquid cooled and costs over 1k just by itself.

conradfr 5y ago

Not OP but I would want ... not MacOS ;)

deadmutex 5y ago
Sounds like you Think different. ;)