Welcome to today’s daily kōrero!
It doesn’t have to be me making the thread, first in first served. If you are here on a day and there’s no daily thread, feel free to create it!
Anyway, it’s just a chance to talk about your day, what you have planned, what you have done, etc.
So how’s it going?
You a fan of Louis Rossman too?
To be honest I’d never heard of him, but checking his Wikipedia page I think I would have been a fan if I had heard of him.
I have done the odd laptop repair but these days I have a Framework laptop. Super easy to fix or upgrade, just difficult to get to NZ because they don’t ship here yet.
Modular laptop… 🤤 🤤
Dam I want to get one of those!
I’ve had it for a while now, definitely has some quirks but I really like it. I love that you can hot swap your ports. Need an HDMI port? Slide one in. Display port? Remove the HDMI and slide in and Display port. Need 4 USB-A ports? You got it!
There are only 4 port slots but you can just swap in what you need.
It charges with USB-C, and you can move the ports, so you can put the power cord on the left or the right depending on what you need.
I had it shipped through Youshop, was not cheap but it probably wasn’t that different from buying that level of laptop in NZ.
They have announced a 15 inch one now. It looks really cool, maybe you’ll find a 13 inch Framework on trademe later this year 😆
you’re not tempted to take the old mobo and chuck it in a 3d printed case for a thin desktop / lab PC?
I am very tempted, probably to use as a server to replace my Raspberry Pi, but then what do I do with the rest of it? No one wants to buy a laptop with no guts.
Do Framework have a used spares program marketplace or anything like that? I’d have thought there’d be folks keen if they had failing parts and wanted cheaper replacements. Though because you’re on early possibly everybody else would be doing the same thing - taking the mobo and being left with spare display/keyboard etc.
Nah not that you can sell your stuff on. And anyway, Framework don’t officially support NZ. If they did there might be more demand for the parts.
But if I took out the mainboard and sold the rest, someone could buy a mainboard/RAM, and have a laptop. But it’s hard work getting one here, so I might as well just give them mine. Easier to find a buyer, easier for the buyer who can just start using it.
I might just have to wait until I’m upgrading the mainboard in the 15 inch one before I get my nice server.