Linux or “fair” laptop like that are cool but damn expensive. My broke ass will still get a cheap ThinkPad.
honestly for a laptop these days it’s not that bad. Especially because you can upgrade mainboards (along with the CPU) so instead of buying a new laptop after several years you can upgrade your mainboard for instead
I agree it’s very reasonable, especially the DIY version which would also be a great experience:). The ability to future proof a laptop is so exciting. I wish them the best of luck, and will definitely go this route when I’m in the market for a laptop.
Hopefully in a few years second hand framework parts will be a bit cheaper.
At the moment Microsoft’s chrome book competitor device looks decently repairable: https://youtu.be/fVjjSqfp75g I am sure Linux will run on it at some point. But yeah it isn’t upgradable in the way that the framework is