I’m curious how many people would prefer a more durable/thinkpad-like framework laptop. I get they’re trying to go for the more popular/mainstream light/thin/pretty design but man I still like using my T530 over my FW13. I’ve seen posts like “set my bag down a little too fast and bent/had to replace my hinge” and whatever. i still think the Framework is the best laptop currently being made and would still recommend it and do recommend it to my friends. Obviously some people like the weight and see it as worth the trade-off. but dang i wish there were a beefier one, I dont think we’re going to see “framework on the international space station” posts at this rate.
I’d like a beefier fw16 chassis option to exist, but I would probably get the current one. also if they want to make it stronger like that it’ll probably need to be less modular too, at least so far as the keyboard and touchpad area goes. would be nice to offer as an enterprise-focused thing though, like for companies to use as company laptops or in industrial areas.
Reduced modularity to appease corporate purchasers doesn’t really sit well with me. Kind of the opposite of their ethos.
Like a dark path that leads to profits over sustainability, where framework takes their momentum and pivots into just another laptop manufacturer.
No thanks. I love my fw13 just the way it is.
I meant reduced modularity for the sake of increased durability, because the keyboard and touchpad modules on the fw 16 are more liable to come loose and let dust in. the 13 would just need a new chassis, but I was talking about the 16.
Oh, didn’t they make a new fw16 top plate that’s all one piece? Or is that not released yet?