Framework 16 has a 6 port maximum.

6.

That means if you want:

- HDMI

- Ethernet (a must if you're doing real work)

- an audio jack (why is this even an option?)

- SD reader

- USB-A port

You are allowed (1) USB-C port. This is in a > $2200 laptop.

$200 netbooks had all this (minus the Ethernet port) standard 10 years ago.

This is unacceptable. An artificial limit imposed by the mechanicals of the inefficiently large port modules - an idea that should have never left a whiteboard, let alone made it into a production laptop.

On the bright side you are forced into configuring them as all USB-C, you can reuse the man purse you used to carry all your dongles from an earlier generation Macbook.

I think they have another USB-C on the back if you get the upgraded video module. I wish all desktop replacement laptops had copious ports on the back like my Dell from ~2010 did. Who wants video cables jutting out sideways across your desk?