Fully out of my range of talents, but does show they genuinely care about what they preach.
While I won't need to execute this rework, it doesn't deserve the "very difficult" rating. The biggest hurdle for most people will be the equipment. A microscope makes all the difference in the world for stuff like this, but few folks have them or know where to go to borrow time on one.
By contrast, I just replaced the screen and battery on a Surface Pro. That was definitely very difficult. Mostly because of glue.
And it they would release a new and fixed version they would announced as if they had created a new form of life.
But what do you do at regular desktops/with a docked laptop? Mice bother me more, I've been looking into getting an Apple trackpad (to use with Linux) so it's a pad not a mouse but also so that I can put it in laptop-esque positioning, which seems more ergonomic to me, from primarily using the keyboard. (Not as much as a ThinkPad nipple of course, but as above I've never grown used to it, and I don't think any such keyboards exist anyway.)
This is why I dislike touchscrens in cars, for the most part touchscreen are fine(ish) you loose most feedback, but you gain a lot of flexibility in display. fine for most day to day use. Until you try to use one on a rough road, then it is just hell.
Somewhat related, a few years ago when the first spacex manned capsule was launched, I gave an audible gasp when I saw they used touch screens, what idiot certified that, rocket launch is a very vibrating environment. I bet the touch screens were unusable during liftoff. However those spacex touchscreens did have one redeeming feature I would like to see on car touch screens. A bar to steady your hand while using it.
However, given the sad state of modern thinkpads (soldered ram, nothing’s upgradeable etc etc) i think you (we?) should really reconsider if the trackpoint is worth the hassle.
I’m certainly reconsidering… I’m waiting for amd and 16” version reviews.
Sadly, I estimate we're in such a tiny minority it simply makes no market sense for anyone to cater to us.
It is even conceivable someone is still manufacturing these keyboards. I see several companies listing Thinkpad keyboards on AliBaba, but I don't know AliBaba well enough to tell if they are manufacturing new keyboards or just selling old ones.
https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Genuine-New-Laptop-Ke...
Framework 13": 200dpi
MacBook Pro 13": 227dpi
MacBook Pro 14": 254dpi
I know nobody asked for my opinion, but I saw the [Ethernet card](https://frame.work/ca/en/products/ethernet-expansion-card) and was a bit sad. How about something like 3Com XJACK to keep it small and without protrusions when travelling?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/XJACK
Or the spring-loaded swivel down port from Lenovo?
https://www.reviewgeek.com/p/uploads/2021/05/c9c310c4.jpg
That said, I’m not their target audience…
I suspect most people these days have hardwired networking to a laptop dock, and then thunderbolt from there to the laptop anyway.
"Due to 27 different regulations in the EU alone (and more in other non-EU-countries), the administrative burden for international e-commerce is huge. Other than packaging regulations in many countries, WEEE regulations do typically not have any minimum thresholds or exceptions for SMEs. Therefore, WEEE registration and recycling fees are required in every country (separately – even within the EU) when shipping internationally. This also goes for startups and small stores which have just started selling electronics in Europe. (The laws even apply before the first sale is made.)"
You mean the regulatory burden that the EU single market was made to fix but yet still exists?
Edit: I understand that for business especially non-european EU rules must be complicated. But seems to me that for the EU customer it works great.
Hackintoshes aren't super viable anymore, so I have a pie-in-the-sky hope that there will be a viable general arm64 chip for laptops that one day Framework could adopt for Windows-on-ARM and Linux, and that someone will get macOS working on it.
The speakers are also disappointing; you'll definitely want to experiment with different sound equalizers. On Fedora, I'm using this Advanced Auto Gain preset[1] with PipeWire/EasyEffects.
[0] https://community.frame.work/t/framework-laptop-alternative-...
I think the parent commenter was complaining about things that aren't EU-wide. This was and you're saying it's still not good enough
E.g. Germany has the BDSG, and the UK has (had?) the DPA.
We had a very restrictive privacy policy. We never shared or sold any information with third parties. We contractually stated this.
But that’s not enough for GDPR.
