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The Framework 16 laptop detects when it's booted partially assembled. (urbanists.social)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/framework@lemmy.ml
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It boots into a special mode to walk you through completing the assembly. The screen updates to reflect your progress and prompt the next step. This requires no tools to complete. Impressive! See linked video.

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[–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Honestly I've been hovering over the buy button for like two years now. The only thing stopping me is the lack of my beloved nipple mouse.

There's been this effort, but it has stalled. There are others which have also hit a roadblock (basically, the keyboard is too thin to fit a proper trackpoint, and there's no space below it for the module to go). It sucks but I'm not losing hope for now.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I get it, but we are a dying breed Balsoft. The trackpoint requires no hand movement so very efficient but for newcomers they just desist when you put that pressure into your index finger that at first, it may be even be painful; therefore they just give it up at first 5min. Also, I remember when HP made laptops with the nipple (blue and tad larger) and I was not that appealed for it (and probably everyone else) so they stop it making it. There is something else in the ThinkPad red nipple, maybe the symbology of an era. Just for that, I will probably die old in top of a Thinkpad. Now, like i mentioned, if some laptop bold company brings something truly unique, differentiated and practical... I will jump ship.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago*

    Eh honestly frameworks are unique, differentiated and practical. I just can't live without a trackpoint.I don't use the pointer much anyways, so the convenience of just having it right there on the home row for cases when I do is irresistible. I love it so much that my desktop doesn't have a separate mouse, just a TEX Shinobi keyboard (which has a trackpoint). My main laptop, X201s with cool chinese CPU upgrade also doesn't have any pointer input other than a trackpoint. I think you can see why I am hesitating to switch to a device without one, even if the repairability, future mobo upgrades, and "internal dongles" are very appealing.

    And as for the dying breed, I don't think that's necessarily the case. There are a lot of questions & requests about it on Framework forums, r/framework and such. It's just that it would require a serious chassis redesign which is insanely expensive.

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