It's hard to justify buying a Framework 12

Re:It's hard to justify buying a Framework 12 by bigyabai on Saturday May 30, 2026 @11:10AM (#48337087)

> Speaker, Keyboard and Battery are the most common thing for repairing

All of which are famously nightmarish repairs on Macbooks, and line-replacable on Frameworks.

I think you're alone in this regard, I'd trust the Framework 8 days out of the week.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:It's hard to justify buying a Framework 12 by ksec on Saturday May 30, 2026 @02:59PM (#48339552)

>All of which are famously nightmarish repairs on Macbooks,

Not for Neo. Which is why Neo is a much bigger deal in its design, but most are focusing on its pricing.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:It's hard to justify buying a Framework 12 by bigyabai on Saturday May 30, 2026 @05:32PM (#48340809)

Yes for Neo. The laptop scored a whopping six on iFixit, compared to Framework 12's score of 10: https://www.ifixit.com/News/116152/macbook-neo-is-the-most-r...

We don't know what replacement keyboards will cost. It's probably cheaper than the $600 MBP topcase repairs that are normally warranted, but I doubt it will reach the $20 mark of Thinkpad or Framework repairs. The "repairable design" is a bartering chit for enterprise customers, not a marketing stunt for the Framework crowd. Those people are right to ignore Apple's promises here, the battle is only partway won.

[ Parent | on HN ]