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Re:Framework Laptop pre-orders are open, starting at $999 by an_opabinia on Thursday May 13, 2021 @12:11PM (#27143816)
In what country are the laptops manufactured?

Which three parts in a laptop have the highest failure rate, and what are those rates?

What I can’t wrap my head around is, a consumer that feels strongly about repairing laptops themselves, for clearly non-economic reasons, but would balk at the cost of a laptop manufactured in the West, which is 100% of the labor the day the laptop ships, because then the computer would cost 3 times as much.

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Re:Framework Laptop pre-orders are open, starting at $999 by nrp on Thursday May 13, 2021 @12:20PM (#27143934)
We manufacture subassemblies and most modules in China with final assembly in Taiwan.

In typical consumer notebooks, batteries, hinges, ports, and keyboards would be parts that wear out over time. We've designed the Framework Laptop to make each of those easy to swap as needed.

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Re:Framework Laptop pre-orders are open, starting at $999 by samstave on Thursday May 13, 2021 @01:46PM (#27144998)
Do you have an exploded diagram of all the individual parts?
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Re:Framework Laptop pre-orders are open, starting at $999 by nrp on Thursday May 13, 2021 @02:11PM (#27145322)
We'll be publishing repair guides showing all the parts and assembly steps. In the meantime, you can check out some of the images that show modules: https://frame.work/products/laptop-diy-edition
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Re:Framework Laptop pre-orders are open, starting at $999 by samstave on Thursday May 13, 2021 @02:36PM (#27145610)
Dopes.

The QR Code in the transparency section doesnt work:

https://i.imgur.com/TjfcWOP.png

"page doesnt exist"

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Re:Framework Laptop pre-orders are open, starting at $999 by nrp on Thursday May 13, 2021 @02:53PM (#27145845)
Yes... good catch. We wondered if people would start scanning that image. That will redirect into our product pages and repair guides before we start shipping units out.
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