Only reason I didn't switch yet was that my 6 years old Laptop still holds perfectly well and it would be counter productive to just change to a new device for no reason but the brand and that it is new
What is your 6 year old laptop's make?
An Asus UX550GE, tbh with time my usage of a laptop has diminished, that's it's still enough today too
I'm on an Asus UX410U and he's been going well for 7 years. I'll probably need to replace it this year or next year as the screen is starting to go, but I feel 7 years is pretty good.
My t440s is 10 years now. Still going strong as my main and only computer. Although, those frame.works's look really nice.
You could always pass it on to someone who can't afford a new one, a school student for example
Here's hoping this helps with getting a thinkpad keyboard into one of these things, I love my t420 to bits but sooner or later I'd like something a bit more efficient
Here's the feature request for a TrackPoint on a Framework. Hope they change their mind, because a pointing stick is the most obvious use case for Framework 16's input modules.
Third party module possible. Convince dell to make thinkpad keyboard module ;)
I went with a Thinkpad for my most recent upgrade but I really, really wanted a Framework. If there was a straightforward trackpoint keyboard kit available for the Framework I’d be all in next round. There’s no love lost between Lenovo and I at this point.
Hot sauce! I didn’t know about that. Gonna follow that thread for sure. A laptop with good Linux support, choice of CPU, trackpoint that’s upgradeable and and supports hot pluggable hackable modules! This is the future I want to be in!
Nice maybe we'll get some cheep Chinese knockoffs.. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing
Until your knees & thighs start burning.
Fingers crossed for a touchpad with physical buttons.
Physical buttons is so 2010
To a lot of laptop manufacturers, it certainly seems that way as of late - that's why I'm ever hopeful that a modular laptop, such as the framework, might give us the option of how we want to control a mouse cursor.
So they will be earning money from people that helps them on the open sourced design ?
While losing money from people who didn't buy frames manufactured by them, yes. That's the point of open source, to let the community have ownership of the design and to make your business model less reliant on intellectual property.
Damn man, Tiger looks higher than hell in that pic.
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Pic of Tiger bailing Scottie out of jail
Only reason I didn't switch yet was that my 6 years old Laptop still holds perfectly well and it would be counter productive to just change to a new device for no reason but the brand and that it is new
What is your 6 year old laptop's make?
An Asus UX550GE, tbh with time my usage of a laptop has diminished, that's it's still enough today too
I'm on an Asus UX410U and he's been going well for 7 years. I'll probably need to replace it this year or next year as the screen is starting to go, but I feel 7 years is pretty good.
My t440s is 10 years now. Still going strong as my main and only computer. Although, those frame.works's look really nice.
You could always pass it on to someone who can't afford a new one, a school student for example
Here's hoping this helps with getting a thinkpad keyboard into one of these things, I love my t420 to bits but sooner or later I'd like something a bit more efficient
Here's the feature request for a TrackPoint on a Framework. Hope they change their mind, because a pointing stick is the most obvious use case for Framework 16's input modules.
Third party module possible. Convince dell to make thinkpad keyboard module ;)
Dell used to have pointing sticks (branded TrackStick or Dual Point) in some of their business laptops, but they removed them all in 2021. Lenovo is the last major laptop producer to use pointing sticks. Maybe System76 will come through?
I went with a Thinkpad for my most recent upgrade but I really, really wanted a Framework. If there was a straightforward trackpoint keyboard kit available for the Framework I’d be all in next round. There’s no love lost between Lenovo and I at this point.
This ThinkPad keyboard project for the Framework Laptop is worth keeping an eye on.
Hot sauce! I didn’t know about that. Gonna follow that thread for sure. A laptop with good Linux support, choice of CPU, trackpoint that’s upgradeable and and supports hot pluggable hackable modules! This is the future I want to be in!
Nice maybe we'll get some cheep Chinese knockoffs.. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing
Until your knees & thighs start burning.
Fingers crossed for a touchpad with physical buttons.
Physical buttons is so 2010
To a lot of laptop manufacturers, it certainly seems that way as of late - that's why I'm ever hopeful that a modular laptop, such as the framework, might give us the option of how we want to control a mouse cursor.
So they will be earning money from people that helps them on the open sourced design ?
While losing money from people who didn't buy frames manufactured by them, yes. That's the point of open source, to let the community have ownership of the design and to make your business model less reliant on intellectual property.