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Framework won’t be just a laptop company anymore (www.theverge.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It started with notebooks, but that wasn’t the master plan.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Before they do that, I kind of wish that they'd be a laptop company that makes laptops that have 100 Wh batteries.

It occurs to me: might Framework’s team need to focus on a few lingering laptop issues before moving on to new territory?

Yeah. Like, if you have only 60 employees, you should have a lot of room for growth in the laptop market. Does it make sense to start spreading out resources? I'd rather see them become successful in the laptop market than become a flash in the pan.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I don't understand why companies keep putting such small batteries in laptops. Especially in the 16" laptop, anything less than 90 is just not acceptable in something that actually costs real money and isn't an ultra thin device. Cheap garbage? Fine. You get what you pay for. Starting at $1700 pre built? No.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Anything with over 100WH batteries would need airline approval before you can fly with it. This is why laptop makers rarely exceed this limit.

https://www.faa.gov/hazmat/packsafe/portable-electronic-devices-with-batteries

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Yeah, but that's not what I'm talking about. It's really hard to find laptops today that get up to 100 Wh. And the guy you were talking to wanted at least 90 Wh.

It ain't the FAA making laptops have 50 Wh or less batteries.

A current Thinkpad T14 with the largest battery option is 52 Wh.

The few laptops that you can get in 2024 with a 100 Wh battery are generally very-high-power gaming laptops with a relatively short usable battery life off one charge.

Tuxedo Computers out in Germany makes a non-gaming 14-inch InfinityBook with a 100 Wh battery.

There are some very expensive "ruggedized" laptops with large batteries intended for use away from civilization, like the Panasonic Toughbook (can take two batteries and do 136 Wh total).

It's really uncommon today.