I see a lot of anecdotal comments about users’ past or present Thinkpads on this sub so I’m curious how many FW13 buyers have come from a Thinkpad or have a Thinkpad as a second machine and how many have migrated from other brands.
I see the appeal of Framework for the old-school Thinkpad tinkerer. The FW13 will be the first non-Thinkpad I’ve owned since the old 570 back in the 1990s (although, granted, I’ve always been able to get EPP pricing on Thinkpads, which has influenced by purchases). My other laptop is a Gen4 Thinkpad P1, which is too big and power hungry to really be a good travel machine, but I will probably replace it with another powerful Thinkpad P-series laptop sometime in the next year for all the editing I do at home.
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I have a bunch of other laptops; a 16" Asus gaming laptop; 14" Apple Macbook Pro; 14" LG laptop (my main laptop when I go mobile); and a Lenovo Thinkpad 480S.
At this point, I’m thinking of replacing my LG laptop with my 13" Framework laptop.
Right now I’m on T480 that I got because it was the last model they made with an external battery.
Same. Replaced everything for fun. Different keyboard, removed internal battery for a dummy one, dual cooler on my Intel only board.
Framework was the first laptop since then that hit my minimum threshold of maintenance.
It sits in a nice position of x20/30 series and x80 series with ease of maintenance.
It’s fantastic being able to swap a drive in my X220 in 2 minutes. At same time, I rarely need to do that…
Although I could always use the SSD adapter in Framework
Ah, reminds me of the Thinkpads of old – external batteries, ultrabay that could hold another battery or whatever else you need, swapping drives, wireless cards, etc. and finding that perfect keyboard from the best of the 2-3 manufacturers they used. I also remember hunting down the last T-series they made with a 4:3 screen (the T61)
Yeah, every generation got 1 thing better but 2 things worse.
X200 with T480 performance (or better) would be where I land Then turns out that’s basically a Framework :)
Framework is going to surpass them in hobbyist circles for sure. Being able to convert a laptop to a headless server once the battery is gone is too cool. Can’t wait to see what they or the community achieve.
Dell Inspirion 7577 w/ an i7-7700HQ and 1060 Max-Q, should be about 6+ years ago going from high school to college.
Batch 9 for FW13 7840u. Coming from an i7 Macbook Pro 2015 15 inch.
I like to be able to repair my laptop. My MBP is getting old, software updates seem to be making it worse to use. Random restarts. Screen is beginning to have backlight bleed. Not trying to change out the screen or change the battery for a 3rd time. Its time to retire it.
Looking forward to the AMD igpu.
My last laptop was a comically oversized gaming laptop (acer predator helio 700). Had a slide keyboard and rgb up the wazoo. Big loud and almost 0 baterry life. The keyboard stopped working in one spot and the battery cant be replaced. Im sick of disposable laptops and want one that can be fixed, upgraded, and customized. Now with career, kids, etc wanted a much more professional laptop with mobility. With the amd igpu it will be able to some light gaming on the side. Fw13 amd was a dream come true. Guess i will repurpose the old laptop into a desktop for a family member.
Similar to me, a Digital Storm Nova 15" gaming laptop. Hideously loud and hot. Always mis-typing with the mechanical keyboard and trackpad that couldn’t filter palm touches while typing.
My previous laptop was/is an Acer Nitro 5 from I think 2018? It has an AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, AMD Radeon RX 560X, 16GB of ram, a 256GB SSD, and a 2TB HDD. Still moving things between them. The old Acer’s plastic chassis is literally held together with duct tape at this point.
I always used desktop pc. Framework is my first laptop and I’m really happy with it. I can open it up and upgrade it like my pc.
Even sold/ repacled my MacBook Air with/for it :D
I’m coming from Thinkpads. I was running older models until the T495s dropped, but honestly that generation of Ryzen left a lot to be desired. I’ve been waiting for System76 to unveil their custom laptop for a while now, but I’ve grown impatient and want something to hold me over until then (unless I end up loving the Framework in which case I’ll probably just invest into upgrades.)
I’m really hopeful that the more recent Ryzen mobile chipsets are actually usable and not a constant throttling mess, my T495s was awful.
I use Razer Blade 14’ 2017
HP envy on its last legs
I was evaluating different specs for a Thinkpad T-14 when Framework started taking pre-orders, and that is the only other laptop I’d even consider now. I still miss the trackpoint & physical buttons, but I love my Framework and have no regrets about my decision.
I still hold out hope for a third-party Thinkpad lower clamshell for us trackpoint addicts.
I don’t have a 13 but preordered a 16, currently on a Dell G15 from a couple years ago, and a dell latitude supplied to me by my workplace
I have a desktop computer that I’m replacing with the FW16. Does that count?
Yup. 100% counts.
In addition to my Framework I also have an HP victus gaming laptop that I bought as a family computer (I’m staying with a couple family members while finishing grad school).