No, he actually said “There is a very real scenario in which personal computing as we know it is dead.”
this post was submitted on 11 Apr 2026
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Welcome to headlines lying to your face
There has been a spitfire of such deceivingly titled articles being posted here within the past couple of days.
~~There is a very real scenario in which~~ personal computing as we know it is dead
I guess that’s technically what he said, just not all of it. 🙄
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If that scenario comes true I will change careers from Computer Science and become either a blacksmith or a woodworker. I am entirely serious.
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I refuse to own nothing. I will not be happy about it. I will have freedom.
I'll of course hold on to my current laptop for as long as it lasts, but a Framework will be up next.
I feel like an absolute idiot for ever being anti-laptop. I got a framework and my PC immediately became a server. One of the best investments I have ever made.
Yes! Laptops do have their cons but I feel like all the people who are anti laptop are just people that have never got to experience great it is to have a laptop.
quite the opposite. if I never experienced laptop I'd probably want one. the idea of the laptop is cool... but the only reason I'm anti laptop is because I have worked with laptops. of all kinds too, from the shitty basically no hardware ones to the gaming laptops i can play the latest games and work with blender on. they're all uncomfortable. desktop rules.
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Didn't Apple just launch a $600 laptop?
Edit: everyone made a bunch of really great points. Mine was more about addressing the affordability angle of a dying Personal Computing.
It has indeed. One with 8GB RAM, not upgradable. Strictly limited to MacOS, no Linux no nothing.
Don't get me wrong, it is a fantastic offer but decisively non-modular and non upgradeable and no freedom of operating system choice. Framework's laptop's are the opposite, they are modular, upgradeable and easily repairable, with replacement parts being sold at a fair price.
The new Apple Neo has come a long way with a relatively clean interior and decently easy battery replacement procedure. That is less their own doing though and more them preparing for new EU legislation mandating exactly that.
One with 8GB RAM, not upgradable. Strictly limited to MacOS, no Linux no nothing.
Which, in the history of computing devices, certainly is nothing new. Apple, and others, has been doing this pretty much forever.
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screen replacement isn't too crazy either on those which I do appreciate. the cost of parts is still high tho we'll see if it comes down in the future
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can it run Linux?
Can it? Yes.
Will it? Almost certainly.
Is there something you can install right now? No.
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Hah. Common PC hardware is still overpowered in 10 years time. Let's see where OpenAI is in 10 years.
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