Re:The Framework is the most exciting laptop I've used
by stupidcar on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @08:05AM
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If you don't want all the ports at once, then it sounds like modular ports is perfect? You can just attach whichever combination you need on any given day / moment. Or am I missing something?
Re:The Framework is the most exciting laptop I've used
by Jap2-0 on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @01:32PM
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Fair enough, that wasn't really something I was thinking of. Of course, at that point you're really just changing from having to carry around a bag of dongles to a bag of ports. Not having to remember to have to put in/bring my HDMI port to a presentation is a little bit convenient.
Re:The Framework is the most exciting laptop I've used
by iSnow on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @05:04AM
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I'm using an external display connected via Thunderbolt/USB-C instead of HDMI so I can use the display to
- power the laptop
- plug in the mouse plug into its USB-A port
- 2 USB-C (1 of which is used for charging, I'll probably have reason to use the other at some point with increasing USB-C adoption)
- 2 USB-A (1 for a wireless mouse, 1 frequently used for flash drives and whatnot)
- SD (used occasionally - cameras and with an adapter for micro SD in phones)
- RJ-45 (used occasionally, probably more often soon)
- HDMI (used somewhat regularly)
- Headphone jack (also built into the Framework)
So with the Framework I'd be missing out on 3 ports. I could survive with that, but it'd be pretty sub-optimal. Thankfully I shouldn't be in the market for a new laptop for 5+ years, so hopefully Framework will have more options by then.