<story><title>The Framework Laptop</title><url>https://frame.work/blog/introducing-the-framework-laptop</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>throwaway894345</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve still never seen a PC with a sane touchpad. That&amp;#x27;s the first issue in a long tail of grievances with the PC laptop ecosystem.&lt;p&gt;EDIT: This isn&amp;#x27;t a generic &amp;quot;pro-Mac&amp;quot; dig, I &lt;i&gt;want&lt;/i&gt; a nice PC laptop because I like dabbling with Linux; however, even the high end trackpads are clunky, even with the pre-installed Windows (never mind the eternal sadness that is Linux trackpad configuration).</text></item><item><author>IQunder130</author><text>I hope this business of yours works out because a laptop that isn&amp;#x27;t a piece of junk with too much stuff I don&amp;#x27;t need inflating the price is something I&amp;#x27;ve been wanting for a long time.</text></item><item><author>nrp</author><text>&amp;quot;thin as an XPS 13, repairable as a custom-built gaming PC&amp;quot; was not actually a direct quote from us, but it&amp;#x27;s nice that the folks at Ars think of our design that way!</text></item><item><author>samizdis</author><text>Ars Technica has a sceptical but optimistic&amp;#x2F;hopeful take on it:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;arstechnica.com&amp;#x2F;gadgets&amp;#x2F;2021&amp;#x2F;02&amp;#x2F;framework-startup-designed-a-thin-modular-repairable-13-inch-laptop&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;arstechnica.com&amp;#x2F;gadgets&amp;#x2F;2021&amp;#x2F;02&amp;#x2F;framework-startup-de...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Edit to add quote from Ars article:&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Framework is promising an awful lot in its very first product—&amp;quot;thin as an XPS 13, repairable as a custom-built gaming PC&amp;quot; is a pretty tall order to live up to. We very much want to believe, but it&amp;#x27;s going to take a full Ars Technica teardown before we&amp;#x27;re completely convinced.&lt;p&gt;Although we&amp;#x27;re skeptical, we are hopeful—the fledgling company does have a pretty solid pedigree. Framework founder Nirav Patel was Oculus VR&amp;#x27;s head of hardware from 2012 to 2017, and he was a Facebook director of engineering beyond that. The company&amp;#x27;s team also includes design, engineering, and operations people hailing from Apple, Google, and Lenovo.&lt;/i&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>nkrisc</author><text>For whatever reason, I&amp;#x27;ve never used a laptop that wasn&amp;#x27;t a MacBook that has had a trackpad anywhere as amazing as what Apple has done. I don&amp;#x27;t know if the problem is hardware, software, or both, but as a consumer I don&amp;#x27;t care. I&amp;#x27;ll never buy a non-Apple laptop until I can find one that has a trackpad as good or better. That&amp;#x27;s my personal requirement. On a personal laptop I always use the trackpad so I want it to be the best.</text></comment>
<story><title>The Framework Laptop</title><url>https://frame.work/blog/introducing-the-framework-laptop</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>throwaway894345</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve still never seen a PC with a sane touchpad. That&amp;#x27;s the first issue in a long tail of grievances with the PC laptop ecosystem.&lt;p&gt;EDIT: This isn&amp;#x27;t a generic &amp;quot;pro-Mac&amp;quot; dig, I &lt;i&gt;want&lt;/i&gt; a nice PC laptop because I like dabbling with Linux; however, even the high end trackpads are clunky, even with the pre-installed Windows (never mind the eternal sadness that is Linux trackpad configuration).</text></item><item><author>IQunder130</author><text>I hope this business of yours works out because a laptop that isn&amp;#x27;t a piece of junk with too much stuff I don&amp;#x27;t need inflating the price is something I&amp;#x27;ve been wanting for a long time.</text></item><item><author>nrp</author><text>&amp;quot;thin as an XPS 13, repairable as a custom-built gaming PC&amp;quot; was not actually a direct quote from us, but it&amp;#x27;s nice that the folks at Ars think of our design that way!</text></item><item><author>samizdis</author><text>Ars Technica has a sceptical but optimistic&amp;#x2F;hopeful take on it:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;arstechnica.com&amp;#x2F;gadgets&amp;#x2F;2021&amp;#x2F;02&amp;#x2F;framework-startup-designed-a-thin-modular-repairable-13-inch-laptop&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;arstechnica.com&amp;#x2F;gadgets&amp;#x2F;2021&amp;#x2F;02&amp;#x2F;framework-startup-de...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Edit to add quote from Ars article:&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Framework is promising an awful lot in its very first product—&amp;quot;thin as an XPS 13, repairable as a custom-built gaming PC&amp;quot; is a pretty tall order to live up to. We very much want to believe, but it&amp;#x27;s going to take a full Ars Technica teardown before we&amp;#x27;re completely convinced.&lt;p&gt;Although we&amp;#x27;re skeptical, we are hopeful—the fledgling company does have a pretty solid pedigree. Framework founder Nirav Patel was Oculus VR&amp;#x27;s head of hardware from 2012 to 2017, and he was a Facebook director of engineering beyond that. The company&amp;#x27;s team also includes design, engineering, and operations people hailing from Apple, Google, and Lenovo.&lt;/i&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Brakenshire</author><text>Looks like there’s some good progress for touchpad support on Linux:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;bill.harding.blog&amp;#x2F;2021&amp;#x2F;02&amp;#x2F;11&amp;#x2F;linux-touchpad-like-a-mac-update-firefox-gesture-support-goes-live&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;bill.harding.blog&amp;#x2F;2021&amp;#x2F;02&amp;#x2F;11&amp;#x2F;linux-touchpad-like-a-m...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=26102894&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=26102894&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Many millions of people will benefit, but the project only has 129 supporters, if anyone wants to chip in!</text></comment>