Framework Laptop 16: our exclusive hands-on
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We upgraded a laptop GPU with a snap — and six screws.

“Reviews of the original Framework Laptop 13 were a little skeptical; my colleague Monica repeatedly pointed out that an upgradable laptop’s value “hinges on future support.” But in 2022, her headline was “promises kept.” And this year, as Framework shipped its third set of CPU upgrades for the Framework 13 while simultaneously improving battery life, she called the 2023 revisions “a DIY dream come true.””

  • Synthead@lemmy.worldEnglish
    183·
    1 year ago

    I’m actually upset that there is a laptop with this much modularity and there are no god damn physical mouse buttons in sight. Good lord. Fake buttons suck.

    • exterstellar@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      1 year ago

      It actually would be nice if we could replace that entire trackpad plate with something more useful, for people who use a mouse 100% of the time. Imagine like a programmable macropad or something.

    • Pirky@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      In the article it mentioned that Framework isn’t against third party mods like a swappable battery where the gpu slot goes. With this in mind, I’m sure there will be third party options with different mouse pads that actually have buttons.
      Unless there physically isn’t enough space.

    • donio@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      I guess I might as well hijack the thread and ask: are there any good options left for proper buttons besides Thinkpads?

      • Synthead@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Not even ThinkPads. I can’t find any aside from HP ZBooks. I don’t care about HP, and they are very large and heavy. Plus, they’re very expensive. Think $6k for something reasonably high-end.