I would love to get one. The main thing that stops me is that this is only a clever idea as long as Framework is viable as a business. All the components here

I would love to get one. The main thing that stops me is that this is only a clever idea as long as Framework is viable as a business. All the components here are proprietary to Framework (?) If they should go out of business, which often happens with these efforts, then you have no way to source parts and you are stuck. There really is not much customization they offer, at least not now. the expansion bays seem to be the major components now. Selectable when you buy the machine: CPU (non replaceable?) , WIFI, Storage, memory, power adapter yes/no, operating system yes / no Not configurable: (yet?) Screen, Camera, Fingerprint reader, battery. Hardware switch for camera, NA. A slight look back at laptops: Old style laptops / enterprise laptops: ---------------------------------------- Battery can be swapped by sliding a open a plastic lock. Swap batteries in seconds. Different sized batteries were available, some taking up more space giving your laptop a "bump". RAM was beneath a small hatch easily accessible from the bottom of the unit by removing two screws and direct access. Often the hard drive was accessible easily as well Two bays with no tool swappable, cd, extra storage/2nd hard drive, and some more exotic things. Then we had PCMCIA Card a long time ago. Most of my laptops had two bays. No tool swappable. Wide selection. Farmework ------------- Switching out the battery is far too complicated: https://guides.frame.work/Guide/Battery+Replacement+Guide/85?lang=en https://guides.frame.work/Guide/Battery+Replacement+Guide/85... >Be extremely careful when sliding the Battery connector out, >as it is very easy to accidently bend the pins. >Make sure to slide straight down, and avoid letting the >connector twist or bend. You should not have to perform surgery on the box switch the battery. It should not involve screws at all. With the placement of the battery in Framework,, it is hard to see how they can upgrade it based on size limits. Hopefully, they will offer an extension battery of some sort . Where is the space for the dvd/cdrom? (Some still use it. I love it for livecd, where the entire OS and file system is Read only. Every time you boot its clean. 4 user selectable expansions cards are unique and cool as long as they are available, and someone makes a wider assortment of them It is really cool that you can got at the guts and replace things and it is great that this is available. I would just want to do a lot of it a lot easier. Presumably, it become a h