Well… Not from Framework. I looked one up and it was £700 for the main board or £1300 for the whole laptop. Or I could get a laptop with the exact same CPU (Ryzen AI 7 350) from Asus for £800. I mean, sure it’s probably not as good a laptop. But even so… If your laptop breaks are you going to spend £700 on a new main board that might fix it, or £800 on a new laptop that definitely works.
It definitely doesn’t make sense for upgrading - you can just sell the old laptop and buy a new one if you want to upgrade.
Tbh I hope they succeed still, but it’s really hard to compete with the sheer pricing power of less modular products.
I looked one up and it was £700 for the main board or £1300 for the whole laptop.
That’s…nearly half the price.
I mean, sure it’s probably not as good a laptop.
Oops, half the price and also not comparable.
If your laptop breaks are you going to spend £700 on a new main board that might fix it, or £800 on a new laptop that definitely works.
I’m definitely going to pay the 700 to have a better laptop rather than the 800 on a disposable laptop from a company with the worst reputation for customer/warranty support in the business.
You have to be prepared to keep them long term in order for them to make sense.
It definitely doesn’t make sense for upgrading
It definitely does. And you’ve just demonstrated exactly how. If you don’t care about money or quality or respect then maybe it doesn’t to you.
Well… Not from Framework. I looked one up and it was £700 for the main board or £1300 for the whole laptop. Or I could get a laptop with the exact same CPU (Ryzen AI 7 350) from Asus for £800. I mean, sure it’s probably not as good a laptop. But even so… If your laptop breaks are you going to spend £700 on a new main board that might fix it, or £800 on a new laptop that definitely works.
It definitely doesn’t make sense for upgrading - you can just sell the old laptop and buy a new one if you want to upgrade.
Tbh I hope they succeed still, but it’s really hard to compete with the sheer pricing power of less modular products.
That’s…what we were discussing?
That’s…nearly half the price.
Oops, half the price and also not comparable.
I’m definitely going to pay the 700 to have a better laptop rather than the 800 on a disposable laptop from a company with the worst reputation for customer/warranty support in the business.
You have to be prepared to keep them long term in order for them to make sense.
It definitely does. And you’ve just demonstrated exactly how. If you don’t care about money or quality or respect then maybe it doesn’t to you.