Didn’t stop Microsoft, didn’t stop Razer

Ah I forgot this is a complete paradigm shift that 23 years of owning a variety of laptops has not prepared me for.

Oh of course, I lament that Apple decided to go the direction they did. I was perfectly happy upgrading the SSD on my older model MBP. I gave their Touchbar MBP a go but it broke quite a few times and I resented the fixed drive capacity, so much so I have switched back to a desktop PC running Windows. I am looking at an eventual replacement laptop but nothing has really caught my interest and expectations on the PC side.

I really like what FrameWork are trying to do. I think the brand identity is quite nice just think the execution is lacking in the industrial design IMO but the potential is certainly there. I might be critical but I am definitely rooting for them because if they succeed it could force competitors to adjust their approach and we all win then.

Ok I understand they were going for everything but the kitchen sink but why would you need storage modules when the SSD is upgradable? USB-C style ports seem to be staying around for a long time as USB 4.0 v2 will be using the same connector.

I would want a permanent MagSafe style charging port on there, not a module. I feel like they are trying to create something around these modules but they are really just USB-C dongles that fit into the case. They could still do these things if they had one or even two ExpressCard* style slot/s in there, there is no need to go full on Michael Bay with this design. People just want a repairable and upgradable device.

*I mean it as a descriptor but their own take on it with modern speeds and design.

It’s not minimalist, so many unnecessary aspects to the design, the odd taper and curve that make it look like any laptop. The thing I love most about it is the top lid (not the hinge) of the screen, that is minimalist, if only that carried on throughout the rest of the casing.

A MacBook Pro or a Google Chromebook Pixel from 2015 is minimalist.

I think they have dumbed it down too much with the focus ease of upgradability. Personally I could just do with a minimalist design with built in (but user replaceable/repairable) ports and insides (with upgradability in mind) along with a screen (with windows hello camera) that can be replaced. Have a magnetic power charger similar to MagSafe or use a USB 4.0 port for charging too. USB 4.0 with a digital line in/headphone jack (again replaceable from the inside without it being a module) and have a nicely designed flush take on an ExpressCard type slot for the other side to slot in other optional ports.

I was really hoping they would refine their design for a larger laptop but they doubled down on the previous aesthetics.

Really all I want is a repairable and a user upgradable take on a minimalist laptop , why is this so hard?

Well if you think of the possible outcomes this will foster more competition and higher rates of depression and suicide especially if they do not have other things to fall back on. Maybe work on making education better and cheaper as it doesn’t sound like more students being unable to afford studying or just missing a scholarship is going to result in good times.

Ah hopefully they do the same in the UK for those along with ketamine infusions for treatment resistant depression.

I don’t think this is the final dish but organised before the ingredients are used.

That’s it.

Yeah looks like it except a sugar syrup soak instead of powdered sugar from what I have seen, not sure how different the batter ingredients are though.

It’s a fatter braided fried pastry. Jalebi is made from a liquid mix squirted in hot oil while a koeksister has a more normal bread dough and fried like a donut from what I remember. When fried and soaked in syrup it can have a crispy outer texture and soaked with syrup throughout (the good ones I have eaten had this). It’s different in texture but similar qualities in flavour, it’s that or the memory of the sugar rush is clouding my judgement.

It wouldn’t surprise me if this was an offshoot inspired by Jalebi given South Africa’s multicultural heritage.

Oh man these are so good and crispy but my god the sugar is lethal.

South African’s have a stodgier version called a koeksister.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koeksister

DOH layout

Why do I feel this might be more comfortable using CAD… even for someone who’s right handed.

Oh shush, your reply is inspiring.

The problem seems to be that the actions of politicians, other powerful people in business and people in the media have completely derailed the public trust in science and evidence based facts. It seems to be that politicians and those in power do not want truth because they would be shown for what they are so they are happy to create this stew of BS to mask it all. It’s just a really sad state of affairs in this world and some days I feel like John Malkovich

Ah lucky, I love those keycaps.