Modular laptop concept

[Matt Graham]

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
> demolished by shoddy work in the shop they chose in China.

These will be more expensive than other laptops in the short term.  
Making computer parts that fit together into a frame that is not 
custom-designed, in form factors that humans can work on, and supported 
by metal frames instead of glue requires effort and money.  And regular 
consumers are super-sensitive to price.  So I think the only way this 
won't be a hastily-discarded boutique product is if 3rd-party 
manufacturers start making other modules that are cheap and do 
interesting things.  Which is possible but unlikely IMHO.  (Observing 
the x86 industry for 22ish years has made me a tad pessimistic.)

Also, I do not give a **** about how thick my laptop is.  In 1999, I 
had a Thinkpad 380D that could probably have been used as an improvised 
weapon.  It was 2.5 cm in height and weighed 3.6 (?) kg.  A modern 
machine with that form factor and weight would have a crazy long battery 
life.  I am obviously in the minority, as marketers have conditioned the 
general population to think "looks trendy" >> "functions well".

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