Re:Framework is now available in Australia
by 2muchcoffeeman on Friday September 02, 2022 @06:52AM
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After hearing about this issue I went to the Apple store and tried to intentionally crack the screens on the display units. Closed the lids on several units with items between the screen and keyboard. Flexed the screen in several directions. Nothing.
Re:Framework is now available in Australia
by _nalply on Friday September 02, 2022 @08:01AM
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You need to do this several thousand times. Let's say you use your laptop 300 day a year and that you close the screen about 4 times a day. If the laptop is designed to withstand 2000 closes then your laptop will break after less than two years.
Re:Framework is now available in Australia
by 2muchcoffeeman on Friday September 02, 2022 @08:40AM
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No.
The reports were spontaneous cracks after only days or weeks. And the tolerances were blamed because small debris caught under the screen would allegedly put undue pressure on the screen.
I damaged the screen in every laptop that I ever owned - either by creating pressure marks or - like in the most recent one - somehow stretching(either via temperature or flexing the surprisingly flimsy cover) the adhesive which kept all the LCD layers in place, creating a diagonal clouding pattern in the process.
My next laptop will be a framework because then at least I will be able to easily replace the screen once the inevitable happens.