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The new and upgraded Framework Laptop

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1680 points etbusch | 9 comments | 19 May 22 12:19 UTC | HN request time: 1.058s | source | bottom
1. aestetix ◴[19 May 22 13:36 UTC] No.31434462[source]▶
Can existing customers "trade in" their old motherboards for the newer models, with credit applied to make it cheaper?
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2. nrp ◴[19 May 22 13:39 UTC] No.31434506[source]▶
We don't do trade-ins, but we have released projects to enable re-use of old Mainboards: https://github.com/FrameworkComputer/Mainboard

We're seeing some interesting outputs of that: https://github.com/brickbots/framedeck/ https://github.com/penk/MainboardTerminal

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3. slim ◴[19 May 22 14:00 UTC] No.31434758[source]▶
aha!
4. carreau ◴[19 May 22 16:26 UTC] No.31436704[source]▶
Thoughts of whether the marketplace could be used for "certified" refurbished older components ?
5. freedomben ◴[19 May 22 16:40 UTC] No.31436893[source]▶
I know your roadmap is probably packed to the brim, but if you could help facilitate 3rd party sales that would be useful. My wife stepped on my framework 3 days (!!) after I finally got it back in the beginning, and you couldn't buy parts yet so I bought a whole new framework and cannibalized it for the screen. I've since repaired it but if there was a way to either trade or sell with other people in a similar boat, that would be amazing, particularly where not all parts are available for purchase at each given time.
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6. aaaaaaaaata ◴[19 May 22 17:33 UTC] No.31437649{3}[source]▶
List it on Swappa.
7. redconfetti ◴[19 May 22 17:40 UTC] No.31437733[source]▶
It would be nice if older Framework hardware could be donated to some form of charity.
8. adastra22 ◴[19 May 22 18:44 UTC] No.31438481[source]▶
I know this is a hard ask, but consider the Apple or Lenovo model of long support contracts. Not only does this help a lot of buyers to get your product, but you can start refurbishing trade-ins to get parts to service support cases.

In the Frame.work style you might be able to do it via a more DIY approach.

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9. yencabulator ◴[20 May 22 00:57 UTC] No.31442155{3}[source]▶
IBM used to guarantee availability of the exact chips, and did a lot of stuff behind the scenes to make that happen.

That sort of a guarantee way beyond what's reasonable of Frame.work, they don't control their suppliers to that degree. They've already updated the peripheral chips & hardware even within "v1", both for bugs and supply issues.

Frame.work has pretty much implied the form factor will remain largely untouched, so you're likely to be able to swap a component in even years from now, even if it'll be an "accidental upgrade". That sounds quite reasonable to me...