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Framework Stops Selling Some of Its Laptops in the U.S. Due to Tariffs (www.404media.co)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The 16 is expensive. I would never buy one. I would rather upgrade my desktops. It is not unreasonably priced given the unique design but its clearly a premium niche laptop that goes way beyond just repairability. My personal opinion is that they over complicated the design of the 16. Its an amazing design concept but a compromised mass production, mass market device. I expect we will see some lessons from that with the 12" which should be engineered for cost.

The 13" laptops aren't too bad. I bought the cheapest tier DIY and added my own parts a couple of years ago. I want to upgrade some things but I can't justify it. I keep my laptops until they fall apart. I had several held together with tape, with missing keycaps, upgraded ram & ssd and even soldered on replacement ports. I am very tempted to buy a 12" for my kid if the prices are good but if they are more than twice the price of an MSI Modern its going to be a tough sell as an education laptop.

Edit: Looks like they fucked up the price of the 12", at least in my currency. I thought with a plastic body they would have gone much more aggressive on price. I can buy a couple of MSI which are permanently discounted with same or better performance and throw one out if it breaks.