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submitted 8 months ago by jackpot@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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hi everyone, i was planning on getting a new laptop cheaply for about 500ish but then i stumbled upon this near-totally modular laptop rhat starts out at above 1000 bucks. do you think the cheaper laptop in the long run is just a false economy and i should go for the framework or what? if you want to ask questions go ahead but im mainly concerned about the longterm financials (and how well it will keep up over time)

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[-] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 7 points 8 months ago

investments that may not pay off if the company doesn’t exist in the long term

FWIW, framework has open sourced all their schematics for building parts for their laptops. So in theory, even if they go under, other companies could continue building compatible parts.

[-] billiam0202@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Yep, there is that too. However, I expect that if Framework ever goes under, nobody else would build the parts because there's nothing stopping any other company from making them right now.

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