Re: Modular laptop concept

2024-06-18 Thread Matthew Crews via PLUG-discuss
On 6/9/24 4:54 PM, Arun Khan wrote: A friend of mine has bought it and swears by the hardware flexibility (mix and match). I am contemplating it for my next laptop, although my 6-year-old Thinkpad is still going strong :) I got my Framework 16 a couple of months ago. Quite happy with it exc

Re: Modular laptop concept

2024-06-18 Thread der.hans via PLUG-discuss
Am 18. Jun, 2024 schwätzte Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss so: moin moin Hawk, I would like to try one of these, but I’m not sure how much they cost. Also, are these windows or Lennox and if Lennox, will they run the The 13 was about $1300 for self-assemble. Pre-assembled is another 2 or 3 hundred

Re: Modular laptop concept

2024-06-18 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
I would like to try one of these, but I’m not sure how much they cost. Also, are these windows or Lennox and if Lennox, will they run the screen reader orca? If Windows, will they accept NVDA? If other, what accessibility options are available. I’d like to get one of these just as a test case to

Re: Modular laptop concept

2024-06-18 Thread der.hans via PLUG-discuss
Am 12. Jun, 2024 schwätzte Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss so: moin moin, "I haven't yet tried it in an airplane seat. Driver's seat of a car was annoying due to steering wheel, but passenger and back seats were fine." those pesky steering wheels getting in the way of real work, The car

Re: Modular laptop concept

2024-06-12 Thread Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss
"I haven't yet tried it in an airplane seat. Driver's seat of a car was annoying due to steering wheel, but passenger and back seats were fine." those pesky steering wheels getting in the way of real work, On Mon, Jun 10, 2024 at 10:14 PM der.hans via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.or

Re: Modular laptop concept

2024-06-10 Thread Ryan Petris via PLUG-discuss
> How's the 16 for heft and mobility? It's quite the unit, to say the least, though with the dedicated gpu it just barely fits in the following case: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BM4XS66N/ The bottom bezel of the screen combined with the hop hinge and the large "trunk" make it a bit deep

Re: Modular laptop concept

2024-06-10 Thread der.hans via PLUG-discuss
Am 09. Jun, 2024 schwätzte Ryan Petris via PLUG-discuss so: moin moin, I have several Framework (both AMD and Intel) laptops including the Framework 16 and they're great. Yeah there's some small fit an finish issues that some have pointed out but IMO is an acceptable tradeoff for being repairab

Re: Modular laptop concept

2024-06-09 Thread Ryan Petris via PLUG-discuss
I have several Framework (both AMD and Intel) laptops including the Framework 16 and they're great. Yeah there's some small fit an finish issues that some have pointed out but IMO is an acceptable tradeoff for being repairable and upgradable. If anything, the ability to change out the ports is

Re: Modular laptop concept

2024-06-09 Thread Arun Khan via PLUG-discuss
On Mon, Apr 8, 2024 at 9:27 PM Matthew Crews via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > On 2021-02-27 00:03, Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > This actually looks rather cool, thought I'd share with fellow geeks. > > > > https://frame.work/ > > > > Might look at one

Re: Modular laptop concept

2024-04-08 Thread Matthew Crews via PLUG-discuss
On 2021-02-27 00:03, Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss wrote: > This actually looks rather cool, thought I'd share with fellow geeks. > > https://frame.work/ > > Might look at one of these if/when they come about. > > -mb How time flies. Three years later and Framework Computer Inc still seems to

Re: Modular laptop concept

2021-02-27 Thread Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss
My current main is a Thinkpad T-15g and while it currently runs windows (Shortsights drive choice at the moment) it has been a decent machine so far. 4 Dimm slots, i9, RTX 2070 MaxQ, 2x2280 M.2, and some funky PCIe slot that is apparently a weird variant on an m.2 key B slot. Aside from a tad under

Re: Modular laptop concept

2021-02-27 Thread Matthew Crews via PLUG-discuss
On 2/26/21 7:16 PM, Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss wrote: > I mostly think of thinkpads as chinese crap-gadgets anymore since ibm > discarded the brand name to lenovo.  I have one from my current > customer, a T14, I7 proc, dock, etc, and not a bad box - other than it > runs windoze that I can't s

Re: Modular laptop concept

2021-02-26 Thread John Seberg via PLUG-discuss
Well, worse than Thinkpad? Ideapad. :^) I'd get a business class Dell, if I had to make a quick decision. Most consumer class stuff is junk - glued, soldered, disposable. On Friday, February 26, 2021, 7:16:59 PM MST, Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss wrote: I mostly think of thinkpads

Re: Modular laptop concept

2021-02-26 Thread Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss
I mostly think of thinkpads as chinese crap-gadgets anymore since ibm discarded the brand name to lenovo. I have one from my current customer, a T14, I7 proc, dock, etc, and not a bad box - other than it runs windoze that I can't simply blast and put linux on (outside a vm I run on it). I don't r

Re: Modular laptop concept

2021-02-26 Thread Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss
Thick thinkpad improvised weapon chads rise up. I can web dev or I can breach a door > On Feb 26, 2021, at 6:32 PM, Matt Graham via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > On 2021-02-26 17:56, Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss wrote: >>> Michael Butash wrote: >>> https://frame.work/ [1] >>> Might look at on

Re: Modular laptop concept

2021-02-26 Thread Matt Graham via PLUG-discuss
On 2021-02-26 17:56, Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss wrote: Michael Butash wrote: https://frame.work/ [1] Might look at one of these if/when they come about. I backed one of these projects and the dude never shipped. His was a modular framework for upgrading a laptop and it ended up getting demolis

Re: Modular laptop concept

2021-02-26 Thread Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss
I backed one of these projects and the dude never shipped. His was a modular framework for upgrading a laptop and it ended up getting demolished by shoddy work in the shop they chose in China. I hope this one works out. > On Feb 26, 2021, at 5:04 PM, Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss > wrote:

Modular laptop concept

2021-02-26 Thread Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss
This actually looks rather cool, thought I'd share with fellow geeks. https://frame.work/ Might look at one of these if/when they come about. -mb --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to chang