Re:The Framework Laptop
by tpmx on Thursday February 25, 2021 @01:17PM
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Project Ara seemed quite impractical/naive at the time. Myself (and some people I trusted) dismissed it as yet another Google flight of fancy.
This thing though, I can kind of see it working.
Basically: The pressure to minimize volume + weight is way too high for a mobile phone to become modular. Then add recent requirements like IP68 ratings.
In a laptop there's still some breathing room for modularity. And noone expects a laptop to survive an accidental drop into a pool.
This thing though, I can kind of see it working.
Basically: The pressure to minimize volume + weight is way too high for a mobile phone to become modular. Then add recent requirements like IP68 ratings.
In a laptop there's still some breathing room for modularity. And noone expects a laptop to survive an accidental drop into a pool.