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465 points susanthenerd | 1 comments | 26 Aug 25 15:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.213s | source
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999900000999 ◴[27 Aug 25 06:18 UTC] No.45036024[source]▶
I like Framework as an idea, but we're talking about a 1500$ premium over this competing 16 inch laptop.

1200$ https://www.bestbuy.com/product/gigabyte-aero-x16-copilot-pc...

I literally can buy 2 of the Gigabyte laptops for the same price.

Even if I can swap out some parts, odds are it's still easier( and cheaper) to just buy a new competing laptop ever 3 years.

If your motivation is "the environment" you can always just donate your old laptop , give it to a friend, etc. "Gaming" laptop might as well be for code for cheaper , but it has RGB and your co-workers might look at you weird.

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1. KyleBerezin ◴[02 Sep 25 18:41 UTC] No.45107287[source]▶
I'm tired of buying premium machines and having the hinges blow out. I had a sager where the metal frame itself next to the hinge fatigued and broke. They refused to honor their warranty and claimed it was user induced damage. Shit like that sticks with you, and that machine was $2,400. I can deal with buying cheap junk and having it break, I can also deal with spending and arm and a leg and getting a premium machine that holds together. The issue is today if you are foolish enough to spend and arm and a leg on a laptop, it will fail you just as readily as the junk. I just lost my MBP because the shift key went out (MBP has 0 liquid protection, liquid got in a hole that goes directly into the membrane layers). An entire 1.5k laptop is e-waste because the keyboard is riveted to the chassis with a hardware locked fingerprint reader. I'm done buying junk, I got a fw-13 and had the mainboard replaced under rma. It took me 10 mins to swap out the entire mainboard and send it off.