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Framework's whole reputation is based on upgradeable, modular design right? It's certainly surprising to me that their desktop seems to be the opposite of that.

cyanydeez 1y ago
It's not surprising if you understand that minipcs are basically all just using laptop parts. Really, it'd be surprising if they didn't go into that corner. Chinese makers have proliferated because there is a market for small devices that have external monitors, etc. I think you're using your 2000's brain and not updating your firmware to the modern consumer appliance. We're watching computer tech growth decline sharply with fewer leaps and bounds. So when I hear about this upgrade stuff, it's just sounds like 'get off my lawn' when it comes to this specific type of mini pc.
- Dylan16807 1y ago
  > It's not surprising if you understand that minipcs are basically all just using laptop parts. That makes it more surprising. It's not that desktops went off in a different direction. Desktops are moving closer to their area of expertise and yet they are unable to apply that expertise.
- AshamedCaptain 1y ago
  But their own laptops happen to have upgrade-able memory. Truly, it is just unjustifiable.
  - organsnyder 1y ago
    Their laptops don't have Strix Halo chips.
    - AshamedCaptain 1y ago
      They do now, but that is besides the point. The people who buy framework are not asking for strix halo, or soldered memory: they're asking for modularity. That's why makes this so unexcusable.
- OJFord 1y ago
  Frameworks laptops are upgradeable, that's their whole thing.
loudmax 1y ago
It is ironic, but there's a sound technical reason here. They wouldn't be able to get the same memory performance using upgradeable slotted DIMMs. I do appreciate that Framework offers the motherboards for sale so you can use them with your own case and power supply.

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Framework's whole reputation is based on upgradeable, modular design right? It's certainly surprising to me that their desktop seems to be the opposite of that.

by stevage 1y ago

cyanydeez 1y ago
It's not surprising if you understand that minipcs are basically all just using laptop parts. Really, it'd be surprising if they didn't go into that corner. Chinese makers have proliferated because there is a market for small devices that have external monitors, etc. I think you're using your 2000's brain and not updating your firmware to the modern consumer appliance. We're watching computer tech growth decline sharply with fewer leaps and bounds. So when I hear about this upgrade stuff, it's just sounds like 'get off my lawn' when it comes to this specific type of mini pc.
- Dylan16807 1y ago
  > It's not surprising if you understand that minipcs are basically all just using laptop parts. That makes it more surprising. It's not that desktops went off in a different direction. Desktops are moving closer to their area of expertise and yet they are unable to apply that expertise.
- AshamedCaptain 1y ago
  But their own laptops happen to have upgrade-able memory. Truly, it is just unjustifiable.
  - organsnyder 1y ago
    Their laptops don't have Strix Halo chips.
    - AshamedCaptain 1y ago
      They do now, but that is besides the point. The people who buy framework are not asking for strix halo, or soldered memory: they're asking for modularity. That's why makes this so unexcusable.
- OJFord 1y ago
  Frameworks laptops are upgradeable, that's their whole thing.
loudmax 1y ago
It is ironic, but there's a sound technical reason here. They wouldn't be able to get the same memory performance using upgradeable slotted DIMMs. I do appreciate that Framework offers the motherboards for sale so you can use them with your own case and power supply.