I Made a Bad Decision – Framework Investment Update

Someone had to help the world transition from customizable desktops to customizable laptops. The issue will be whether the company can survive the onslaught of cheap-as-dirt throwaway computers. PC companies have built their entire business model on the disposable (or hand-me-down) laptop. The idea has been to sell a new machine to someone every three years and get them on the treadmill. Even the person carrying an older hand-me-down is a walking advertisement. Then there is the planned obsolescence built into so many computers that is reliable enough to set your watch by. Three hundred and sixty-six days after purchase, the hinges blow out, the mainboard overheats for the last time, or the ribbon cable to the display breaks off in some nearly impossible-to-repair way.This is a huge, well established business model being used to some degree by most PC manufacturers.

Google tried to create an upgradable smartphone with Project Ara,that shut in 2016 remember? "Too technically difficult" was their announcement when they killed that project. Don't get me wrong, I love the idea of upgradable computing hardware. Most nerds will. However, I see all kinds of marketing and maintenance issues with this. For example, a laptop doesn’t stay in one place; it moves all over as it gets used. Parts that snap into place can easily unsnap when transported. Also, there are many people who should probably never have access to a computer's insides. Thieves are a good case in point. What happens when someone leaves their company and IT discovers that the high-end graphics card in the assigned machine has now come back with a low-tier graphics chip? Indeed, you could see a whole illicit industry built around stolen parts. It's just enough of a hassle to keep most IT managers from implementing it. That just leaves the enthusiast market. Are there enough of them to fund all of the continuous engineering and support this company will reqire? This sounds too much like IBM's "Pink" project that was supposed to run any software (windows, mac, linux, OS2) on a single operating system.

The Windows diss aged amazingly. Getting to remove any mention of Windows from the laptop is something everyone is going to want thanks to the new announcement.

consumerism at it's finest, for delusional perfectionists. if you're able to pay double the currently priced specs, why would one keep a weak-n-toy-ish quailty laptop hoping they can upgrade it with a better cpu/gpu upgrade which definitely will be irrelevant in 5 years ahead?? idiotic concept, tbh.. but it's an illusion to milk those overpaid control freaks for sure.

This is the way

I was nervous for first 5 seconds of the video

I could conceivably see the expansion bay as a clean docking mechanism, if the physical connector is robust enough.

touchscreen please!

I'm totally going to buy one of this. And most people should.

When tf is this coming to India

I support this project. I have a old intel framework and switched to AMD and I used the old board and some gear to build a new NAS machine and it runs unraid

When we`ll be able to buy it in Europe - Romania? It is the best thing I`ve seen so far!

pass

Convvertable laptops!

I'm not much of a laptop guy, but this is definitely the way to go... The future looks good for this, not having to change the whole laptop to upgrade seems great!🤗

I think the Framework laptop idea is great in the abstract: it gives the finger to the anti-right-to-repair and planned obsolescence big tech. but i suspect the finger only stays up as long as Framework does, as most of the upgradable modules are proprietary Framework parts. it feels, in practice, it won't be about "repair" but about "replacement" and "upgrading" of those parts. people who don't tinker won't start tinkering just bc they got a Framework. thoughts? comments?

Yet no sata ports...

Nice clickbait..... But good news none the less.

18 inch option, more powerful gpu, less generic design and I will buy

Please add the largest trackpad possible in 16 inch model, this looks too small

Bring arm-based silicon instead of intel or amd, paired to nvidia GPU!! That would be a battery beast!

can anyone invest?

Review the risc v framework please!

need to include swappable os modules keeping it separate from the rest of the PCs, then a novice could simply swap the OS type thing verse the difficulties currently faces

But what about water resistance?

Glad I found this video. I was about to purchase one of their laptops but now knowing Linus is involved, that's a hard pass.

well they are doing good . . as a shareholder 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👌

are they available in the UK?

I think I know what my next laptop is gonna be...

A wireless phone charger on the right?

$250 for a synthetic down jacket? Lmaooo this guy is a goon

Can we get a framework bluraydrive pls :o

Literally the most trustworthy CEO in all of tech, imo.

Stick to Quality Index Funds

Just got my framework 13 AMD and I got to say this is the best laptop I've ever had. Even compared to Macs. Many can make good hardware inside, but this also have great display, great touchpad, great sound dinamics.

Ok gusy he had us in the first half.

can you use the laptop on a charger only without a battery ?

Can’t wait to see an 18 inch laptop.

I hope they become the open-source version of apple laptops, phones, 2in1s

wow

tbh the m1 macbook air is infinitely more worth it at the current price of $599

If Frameworks laptop can be shipped to Malaysia, im definitely down to own one.

I love the mission and intent. But my impression of Framework is it kinda goes too far to the extent that it comes off as gimmicky. Don't 99% of people just want to upgrade 2 things? Ram and storage, because those are particularly hard to predict your usage of. And swappable battery because it is a consumable. Make it repairable by publishing good documentation and selling the OEM parts. That's all I really want. Don't need the other stuff, and I see them as more points of failure with lots of connections and interfaces. I might buy one anyway just on principle and to support the company, but I gotta say the product isn't really what I wanted even though I am AFAICT their target customer. I find the chassis to be quite ugly and it seems rickety with all the modules. Those slots on the sides seem like they would slice up my palms and fall out in my bag.

Don't care about "sustainability".
Numpad is essential.

I hear the sponsor I know it doesn't apply to me because I don't use Mac

How old

love the idea ! not the price

Kind of funny that the sponsor is a single station on a video about a laptop that makes that useless