[GTALUG] Do people have opinions about the Framework modular laptop

[Alex Kink]

I'm getting one as well for the office with the i7 CPU.

I'd hate to see this undertaking fail so hopefully these orders help them some.

I've always bought AMD for desktop when it made sense, but mobile AMD CPUs have "burned" me few too many times in the 2000s and I'm now hesitant to get them in a laptop. I hear it's much better now.

> On Oct 15, 2021, at 19:21, Erica Peterson via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:
> 
> I am getting one of the i5 models from their October batch -- shipping any day now.  I was due for a new laptop and Framework seemed like a concept that I should financially support.  They have a pretty active linux section in their community discussion forums: https://community.frame.work/c/diy-edition/linux/91 <https://community.frame.work/c/diy-edition/linux/91> 
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> On Friday, October 15th, 2021 at 6:25 PM, GS via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:
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>> I've had my eye on it since the reviewers first got their hands on it. So far the reception has been overwhelmingly positive but finding opinions you can trust can be difficult. I tend to trust Cory, Leo and Linus.
>> 
>> https://doctorow.medium.com/the-framework-is-the-most-exciting-laptop-ive-ever-used-5415da0a46e5 <https://doctorow.medium.com/the-framework-is-the-most-exciting-laptop-ive-ever-used-5415da0a46e5>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKTFBpEET0o <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKTFBpEET0o>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSxbc1IN9Gg <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSxbc1IN9Gg>
>> On 2021-10-15 17:59, Dave Collier-Brown via talk wrote:
>>> I see from Slashdot that it has an app store now:
>>> 
>>> https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/21/10/14/2110258/modular-framework-laptop-gets-marketplace-for-all-those-modules <https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/21/10/14/2110258/modular-framework-laptop-gets-marketplace-for-all-those-modules>
>>> https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/14/22725935/framework-laptop-modular-marketplace-launches-spare-parts-upgrades-expansions <https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/14/22725935/framework-laptop-modular-marketplace-launches-spare-parts-upgrades-expansions>
>>> and I wonder if anyone has an opinion of it.
>>> 
>>> --dave
>>> 
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