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Author: Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
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CC: Eric Oyen
Subject: Re: Modular laptop concept
I would like to try one of these, but I’m not sure how much they cost. Also, are these windows or Lennox and if Lennox, will they run the screen reader orca? If Windows, will they accept NVDA? If other, what accessibility options are available. I’d like to get one of these just as a test case to see how well it actually works for me.

– Eric
From the offices of the Technomage guild, equipment, procurement, and testing department.
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> On Jun 18, 2024, at 6:58 PM, der.hans via PLUG-discuss <> wrote:
>
> Am 12. Jun, 2024 schwätzte Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss so:
>
> moin moin,
>
>> "I haven't yet tried it in an airplane seat. Driver's seat of a car was
>> annoying due to steering wheel, but passenger and back seats were fine."
>>
>> those pesky steering wheels getting in the way of real work,
>
> The car was parked and off, which made it fairly easy to switch to the
> passenger seat :).
>
> Passenger seat is also better for nap mode.
>
> Importantly with the Framework, it handled the heat just fine. It didn't
> fry my legs or overheat in an unairconditioned car. It's also done fine
> sitting out in the heat for our Summer afternoons and evenings.
>
> ciao,
>
> der.hans
>
>>> On Mon, Jun 10, 2024 at 10:14 PM der.hans via PLUG-discuss <
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>> Am 09. Jun, 2024 schwätzte Ryan Petris via PLUG-discuss so:
>>>
>>> moin moin,
>>>
>>>> I have several Framework (both AMD and Intel) laptops including the
>>>> Framework 16 and they're great. Yeah there's some small fit an finish
>>>> issues that some have pointed out but IMO is an acceptable tradeoff for
>>>> being repairable and upgradable.
>>>
>>> How's the 16 for heft and mobility?
>>>
>>> I have the 13 and it's quite dainty. It's light and easy to use pretty
>>> well anywhere.
>>>
>>> I haven't yet tried it in an airplane seat. Driver's seat of a car was
>>> annoying due to steering wheel, but passenger and back seats were fine.
>>>
>>> It's also been fine for all the desktop stuff I've done on it. Haven't
>>> gone up over a few instances of Firefox running at the same time and have
>>> kept them all under 20 tabs, so it's been pretty light for browsing.
>>>
>>> I haven't yet started putting containers or databases on it, so haven't
>>> exercised it much that way either.
>>>
>>>> If anything, the ability to change out the ports is great. Imagine the
>>>> situation where you're sitting at a table, plugged in, and someone comes
>>>> by and kicks your power cable ripping it out of the computer. In a lot
>>>> of cases with other laptops, you're now going to have to replace that
>>>> port as it's going to at the very least break the solder joints; and
>>>> you're not going to be able to replace just that port as it's soldered
>>>> to the motherboard. Now you have a $500+ repair minimum to replace the
>>>> motherboard in your laptop.
>>>>
>>>> With the Framework, you likely just damaged the $10 expansion card. So
>>>> you pull it out, replace it with another one, and move on with your day.
>>>
>>> Yeah, extra layer of protection.
>>>
>>> I just went for 4 USB C ports and the USB C hubs I always carry with me
>>> anyway. If the network port didn't stick out I'd get one of those.
>>>
>>> ciao,
>>>
>>> der.hans
>>>
>>>> On Sun, Jun 9, 2024, at 4:54 PM, Arun Khan via PLUG-discuss wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Apr 8, 2024 at 9:27 PM Matthew Crews via PLUG-discuss <
>>> > wrote:
>>>>>> On 2021-02-27 00:03, Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss wrote:
>>>>>>> This actually looks rather cool, thought I'd share with fellow geeks.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://frame.work/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Might look at one of these if/when they come about.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -mb
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How time flies. Three years later and Framework Computer Inc still
>>> seems
>>>>>> to be going strong.
>>>>>
>>>>> A friend of mine has bought it and swears by the hardware flexibility
>>> (mix and match).
>>>>> I am contemplating it for my next laptop, although my 6-year-old
>>> Thinkpad is still going strong :)
>>>>>
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