World's First Modular Laptop from Framework reddit / freebsd ---------------------------------------------------------------------- RandomXUsr · 2021-05-19 03:50 I plan to install Linux or FreeBSD Video that brought my attention was from Adam Savage's Tested [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFrJcjCbCA8](https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=XFrJcjCbCA8) [https://frame.work/](https://frame.work/) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TrenItaglia · 2021-05-19 07:31 Intel xe supported? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- mikolayek · 2021-05-19 12:07 Idea looks great. I would love to have such a laptop. It similar to Lenovo ThinkPads which I like and you may have quite nice specs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- RandomXUsr · 2021-05-19 20:33 Not sure, but doubtful. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- grahamperrin · 2021-05-19 22:52 ~~Are you certain that it's the world's first?~~ ~~I vaguely recall something~~ long before https://openlunchbox.com/open-laptop/ Found amongst my bookmarks, this 2012 blog post: * [Building my Own Laptop « bunnie's blog](https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=2686) tagged *Novena* [Novena | Crowd Supply](https://www.crowdsupply.com/sutajio- kosagi/novena) This was very memorable: [Behind the Design: The Hand-Crafted Wood + Aluminum Novena Heirloom Laptop - SolidSmack](https://www.solidsmack.com/design/behind-the-design-the- hand-crafted-wood-aluminum-novena-heirloom-laptop/) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- RandomXUsr · 2021-05-19 23:49 Form vs Function? I mean that one you linked appears to be up- gradable, but not sure it's terribly functional. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- grahamperrin · 2021-05-20 02:31 From [Novena - Novena Five-Year Anniversary | Crowd Supply](https://www.crowdsupply.com/sutajio- kosagi/novena/updates/novena-five-year-anniversary) (2019-08-29): > We’re excited to see that there are numerous alternatives to Novena along the openness spectrum that have cropped up over the years, and we are hoping to see the trend continue toward better and more open computing hardware reaching the hands of consumers. If https://propakistani.pk/2021/02/26/us-company-launches-worlds- first-modular-laptop-that-will-never-get-outdated/ was the first site to describe the Framework as a "World's First", I guess that they were simply overexcited and misinformed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- grahamperrin · 2021-05-20 02:54 Also modular (with videos linked from the YouTube page for the Framework): [TOUGHBOOK 55 | Panasonic North America - United States](https://na.panasonic.com/us/computers-tablets- handhelds/computers/laptops/toughbook-55) Related: * ["The Anti-MacBook" – Panasonic TOUGHBOOK 55 Review - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_a5FnW8UP40) (2019-09) * [The CRAZY Upgradeable Laptop - Panasonic TOUGHBOOK 55 Showcase - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7rt6BZYscs) (2019-10) * [Linus Tech Tips | Panasonic TOUGHBOOK rugged modular design with upgradable memory, storage, keyboard, I/O, optical drives, authentication readers, dedicated graphics and more : hardware](https: //old.reddit.com/r/hardware/comments/dg8xyv/linus_tech_tips_panasonic_ toughbook_rugged/) (2019-10) * [Should You Buy an Old Panasonic Toughbook? - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfFySPE3wdU) > … I had a lot of fun messing around with this laptop and I'll probably keep it and take it to a coffee shop in the future and that'll confuse a few people who've probably never seen one of these before … ---------------------------------------------------------------------- system-user · 2021-05-20 14:35 might be vaporware. there's a global chip shortage and a small vendor like that isn't going to get any priority. whatever you do, do not pay a deposit up front. it wouldn't be the first time a vendor took the money and ran. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- grahamperrin · 2021-05-22 02:11 For what it's worth: * replies to https://community.frame.work/t/-/994/3?u=grahamperrin * [Preparing for Framework Laptop Pre-orders - Blog - Framework Community](https://community.frame.work/t/preparing-for-framework- laptop-pre-orders/1037?u=grahamperrin) >> … of the hundreds of individual parts in the Framework Laptop, there is just one chip for which we have not been able to get the level of consistent supply we’d like. We’ll still be launching on schedule, but the quantity of systems we can manufacture over the first few months will be limited by that chip. >> >> To manage this constraint, we’ll be using a batch system on pre- orders, … [Framework | Terms of Sale](https://frame.work/terms-of-sale) sections for order acceptance and pre-orders; read this alongside e.g. https://frame.work/about#who-we-are ---------------------------------------------------------------------- grahamperrin · 2021-05-22 02:20 PS, this is not to dampen excitement about the product. It's very interesting, the type of thing that I might buy for myself if needed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BreakPointSSC · 2021-07-30 12:49 Well allegedly they're presently shipping out to customers. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BreakPointSSC · 2021-07-30 12:53 It uses 11th gen intel Tiger lake CPUs, all of which have iris Xe graphics. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- northrupthebandgeek · 2021-09-03 03:57 Dropping in to say that mine arrived a couple days ago, so definitely not vaporware :)