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This is so over the top enthusiastic I hope he is getting paid. You can swap battery, harddrive, memory, network chip yay. That was possible on nearly all lap

This is so over the top enthusiastic I hope he is getting paid. You can swap battery, harddrive, memory, network chip yay. That was possible on nearly all laptops some years back. At the enterprise level both Dell and Lenovo have models that does most of this. (Unless recently discontinued) Quite a few laptops had "bays" where you could swap out extra harddrive, cd rom, extra battery, Then a while back computer had PCMCIA/PC Card, that let you add all sorts of very useful hardware. All in all this is far less user configurable than a two bay, to pcmia slots. (with battery, memory easily upgraded). I would love someone to come out with a laptop like that again. Further modules for the framework are expensive, made by a single company, few variants. If the company fails you are stuck. On the old style laptops, ram, memory, cd player, extra hard drive, batteries, PCMCIA/PC Cards were all usually available from several sources. Bays might be the most proprietary.

luisartola 5y ago
I'm not affiliated with Framework. I'm genuinely impressed with the experience overall and wrote an honest unsolicited review. Not everything is perfect though as noted in the article. But, in a world where hardware is dominated by a few, it's a breath of fresh air to see initiatives like the Framework Laptop.
DHowett 5y ago
> That was possible on nearly all laptops some years back. Not necessarily in this size class/with this chassis design. "Ultrabooks" as a class haven't been nearly as user-serviceable as you're suggesting. > made by a single company, few variants; Bays might be the most proprietary Eh. I'm not terribly worried about this given that they're TB3 or TB4 (to wit: PCIe) and provided with reference designs[1]. I have to admit, though, that I couldn't easily find IBM's old expansion bay spec or proprietary connector... or for that matter, HP's, or Dell's, or... well, yes. Bays sure are proprietary. To extoll the virtues of somebody else's bays and in the same breath deny these is at best misplaced nostalgia. :) [1]: https://github.com/FrameworkComputer/ExpansionCards https://github.com/FrameworkComputer/ExpansionCards

luisartola 5y ago

I'm not affiliated with Framework. I'm genuinely impressed with the experience overall and wrote an honest unsolicited review. Not everything is perfect though as noted in the article. But, in a world where hardware is dominated by a few, it's a breath of fresh air to see initiatives like the Framework Laptop.

DHowett 5y ago

> That was possible on nearly all laptops some years back. Not necessarily in this size class/with this chassis design. "Ultrabooks" as a class haven't been nearly as user-serviceable as you're suggesting. > made by a single company, few variants; Bays might be the most proprietary Eh. I'm not terribly worried about this given that they're TB3 or TB4 (to wit: PCIe) and provided with reference designs[1]. I have to admit, though, that I couldn't easily find IBM's old expansion bay spec or proprietary connector... or for that matter, HP's, or Dell's, or... well, yes. Bays sure are proprietary. To extoll the virtues of somebody else's bays and in the same breath deny these is at best misplaced nostalgia. :) [1]: https://github.com/FrameworkComputer/ExpansionCards https://github.com/FrameworkComputer/ExpansionCards