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samtheDamned 2 days ago

Emphasizing this, the biggest pain point for me with previous laptops I've used isn't battery or performance decreasing. It's the little bits that really hurt: A broken hinge, a dying keyboard, or a broken charging port.

I'm lucky that the keyboard incident happened on a recent enough dell that parts weren't the hardest to find, though I basically had to disassemble the entire laptop and rebuild it on a new keyboard. The broken charging port happened on an older laptop and I couldn't find any reasonable options to repair or replace the piece. And for the hinge, a replacement hinge itself wasn't impossible to find, but finding the correct parts around it that it broke when it tore itself out of the frame (including the display) took so many purchases and returns that I was worried amazon would take action on my account.

I put a lot of value in the fact that any minor issue I may encounter will remain a minor issue. Also I appreciate the fact that if I do upgrade my framework I can put the old mainboard into a standalone case and have a relatively low power desktop to use for whatever I think up.

sekh60 a day ago | parent [-]

I just bought a framework this past week largely due to the easy to replace keyboard. On my last two laptops a year after the three year warranty the keyboards started to die. So, just in case that happens again, and just In case fame.work were to go under, I bought a replacement keyboard from the get-go to store for later.

aurareturn a day ago | parent [-]

I don't know about PCs but since Apple Silicon generation of Macbooks, keyboards simply don't die.

I don't understand the need to pay premium for Framework.