Framework laptops are a ripoff [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIGB8wyogfU

by Rinzler89 • 2 years ago

5 4 2 years ago

I've not watched the video, but going on the title, I have to say, I have my Framework, and I absolutely love it to bits.

It was relatively expensive, but in absolute terms the difference is minor; and now I have something where I don't have to worry about Samsung/Sony/ASUS/etc accidentally or even deliberately installing a back door, which I can repair at will (and I have - a key failed and I changed keyboard), which I can upgrade over time, where the keyboard is heaven to type on, where I can easily fit and change memory, disk and the battery, the hot-swappable external post interfaces are particularly noteworthy in their usefulness, I have full support for Linux from the get-go, and where I have actual real Support on the odd occasion I've needed it (and boy, have I not had that from Sony and Samsung in the past, when I've owned their products - in fact, I had one of the worse customer support experiences, beyond imagination, with Sony and their Vaio, back in the day).

It puts me in mind of a recent experience with our ISP. We had a five day outage. No notification that it had occurred, no notification when it ended, no explanation, no ETA, nothing. Radio silence. Also the customer support phone number wasn't working, as we discovered.

That's the Big Company experience.

If we had a local ISP we could use, you wouldn't even see me move.

With Framework, I have that, but for my laptop. It's been a God-send.

pestatije• 2 years ago

Now imagine if you had watched the video...

krasin• 2 years ago

I watched the video. It's hot garbage; Source: my family has two Framework laptops (gen 11), I've been in charge of repairing / upgrading them over the last two years. Our primary issue is Intel+Microsoft breaking the S3 deep sleep, not any of the Framework decisions.

If you're on the market for a laptop and the budget is not an issue, I recommend going with Macbooks, just for the battery performance. For a Linux laptop, Framework is the best we've got.

znpy• 2 years ago

This video is trash from start to finish. A lot of rambling but no real point.

Framework laptops are a ripoff [video]

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