it's not exactly the same though, which is what matters if you want to make parts compatible
amagicmonkey
joined 1 year ago
the speakers really are framework's achilles' heel and there is no reliable fix unfortunately. there isn't a general issue with the screen ratio (it's a matter of taste and i'm sure you'll get used to it quickly), but the weird resolution and the fact that it forces fractional scaling is still a bit annoying on linux, comparatively.
on arm: there's been a lot of speculation, for a while there was no viable option but a new challenger appeared and i'd be surprised if framework hadn't started talking to them yet.
i don't think it makes sense to have a new generation that has no single part compatible with the current one because the current one doesn't really have specific flaws overall that can't be addressed by a new part, and so far it has happened (top cover, speakers, hinges).
personally i don't even think the fw13 has saturated the customisation possibilities (new screens, ARM, etc.), which probably says more about how boring the laptop world has become, rather than fw's limitations.