▲ 470 ▼ Framework proved repairable laptops can work, but almost nobody is willing to buy one (www.xda-developers.com) submitted 2 months ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world 339 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works -4 points 2 months ago (7 children) OK, but how many people actually want to do that? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] T156@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children) Not the screen, but it would be nice if I could replace the keyboard on my laptop, since it doesn't work properly any more. But since it's built into the lower body, it costs about as much to replace as the device is worth, since I'd be replacing a big piece of the casing, so I just make do with also carrying a Bluetooth keyboard. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] whaleross@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 child) Tip of the day: You can order replacement parts cheap from EBay or AliExpress and there are service manuals and instructions and even videos for plenty of common computers. It may sound scary but it is really not that difficult. It's mostly finding all the screws and knowing what order to pick everything apart and put it back again. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] 0ops@piefed.zip 1 point 2 months ago* Bonus Tip: get one (or 5 haha) of those little magnetic trays from harbor freight to put your screws in. They are a godsend if you're like me constantly losing shit. permalink fedilink source parent [+] edgarde@kbin.earth 1 point 2 months ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 13 points 2 months ago People that are here. permalink fedilink source parent [–] spectrums_coherence@piefed.social 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) To me the point of framework is that it can reliably endure amateur (aka me) repair. I have repaired a fair amount of device in my life, companies without a focus on repair will have fragile cabel and components. And everytime I open it up, there would be a high chance of me breaking something, forcing me to use a broken device after that. Repair and cleaning will need to happen every two or three years for most electronics, and that usually means I will live with a corky device for the next two years, then produce a bunch of ewastes consists of mostly perfectly functioning parts, with one failed critical component (most of the time, said component has not even failed, just significantly worn). permalink fedilink source parent [–] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 months ago Me which is why I bought one, and several of the people who have seen me work with mine now want one for these reasons too. If my screen (or any component) craps out it is super easy to replace with minimal e-waste. Once I'm out of school and into the workforce I'm going to buy one of the GPUs probably a used one further reducing e-waste. If I want more storage space it takes like 5 minutes to swap a drive out. Love the thing permalink fedilink source parent
[–] T156@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children) Not the screen, but it would be nice if I could replace the keyboard on my laptop, since it doesn't work properly any more. But since it's built into the lower body, it costs about as much to replace as the device is worth, since I'd be replacing a big piece of the casing, so I just make do with also carrying a Bluetooth keyboard. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] whaleross@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 child) Tip of the day: You can order replacement parts cheap from EBay or AliExpress and there are service manuals and instructions and even videos for plenty of common computers. It may sound scary but it is really not that difficult. It's mostly finding all the screws and knowing what order to pick everything apart and put it back again. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] 0ops@piefed.zip 1 point 2 months ago* Bonus Tip: get one (or 5 haha) of those little magnetic trays from harbor freight to put your screws in. They are a godsend if you're like me constantly losing shit. permalink fedilink source parent [+] edgarde@kbin.earth 1 point 2 months ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] whaleross@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 child) Tip of the day: You can order replacement parts cheap from EBay or AliExpress and there are service manuals and instructions and even videos for plenty of common computers. It may sound scary but it is really not that difficult. It's mostly finding all the screws and knowing what order to pick everything apart and put it back again. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] 0ops@piefed.zip 1 point 2 months ago* Bonus Tip: get one (or 5 haha) of those little magnetic trays from harbor freight to put your screws in. They are a godsend if you're like me constantly losing shit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 0ops@piefed.zip 1 point 2 months ago* Bonus Tip: get one (or 5 haha) of those little magnetic trays from harbor freight to put your screws in. They are a godsend if you're like me constantly losing shit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 13 points 2 months ago People that are here. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] spectrums_coherence@piefed.social 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) To me the point of framework is that it can reliably endure amateur (aka me) repair. I have repaired a fair amount of device in my life, companies without a focus on repair will have fragile cabel and components. And everytime I open it up, there would be a high chance of me breaking something, forcing me to use a broken device after that. Repair and cleaning will need to happen every two or three years for most electronics, and that usually means I will live with a corky device for the next two years, then produce a bunch of ewastes consists of mostly perfectly functioning parts, with one failed critical component (most of the time, said component has not even failed, just significantly worn). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 months ago Me which is why I bought one, and several of the people who have seen me work with mine now want one for these reasons too. If my screen (or any component) craps out it is super easy to replace with minimal e-waste. Once I'm out of school and into the workforce I'm going to buy one of the GPUs probably a used one further reducing e-waste. If I want more storage space it takes like 5 minutes to swap a drive out. Love the thing permalink fedilink source parent