Preparing for Pre-Orders! (Framework modular laptop)

Re:Preparing for Pre-Orders! (Framework modular laptop) by nrp on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @04:40PM (#27055467)

It's surprisingly, but there are exceedingly few 13-14" notebooks still in the market with socketed memory, and especially not with both channels socketed. The same goes for WiFi, though at least storage is still socketed on most notebooks other than Apple's.

We enable CPU upgradeability through mainboard replacement. Since everything of value on the mainboard except for the CPU is socketed, the vast majority of the cost of the mainboard is the CPU itself. That makes the mainboard upgrade path pretty sensible.

We have designed the panel to be replaceable without needing to replace the full lid assembly. It is fastened in behind a magnet-attach bezel (which is also color customizable). The keyboard is held in with fasteners to be replaceable as well.

For the power jack, we actually do one better, and have made all of the ports Expansion Cards which can be hot swapped. This means you can choose the ports you want on the system and which side you want them on, and if you ever manage to damage a receptacle, you only need to replace the card instead of the mainboard!

I agree that what we're doing shouldn't be that unusual, but it is!

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Re:Preparing for Pre-Orders! (Framework modular laptop) by bcrosby95 on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @06:11PM (#27056474)

I like to buy repairable and upgradeable laptops as a matter of principle (system76). But realistically I replace my laptop every 2 years anyways for the extra CPU performance. Being able to upgrade just that part without replacing the whole thing sounds perfect for me.

I really hope this is able to take off. As do you I'm sure, heh.

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