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do you think the framework laptop is a good long term investment? (frame.work)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=u01AbiCn_Nw mental outlaw video:

hi everyone, i was planning on getting a new laptop cheaply for about 500ish but then i stumbled upon this near-totally modular laptop rhat starts out at above 1000 bucks. do you think the cheaper laptop in the long run is just a false economy and i should go for the framework or what? if you want to ask questions go ahead but im mainly concerned about the longterm financials (and how well it will keep up over time)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

apple software locks?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Some parts are now signed and can be associated to the device by Apple alone, so that third-party repair parts or even replaced official parts don't work if the repair is not done by Apple.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

oh god thats fucking evil, i thought uou meant some proproetary screw or some shit

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

They've done that one too. The software locks are just the most recent iteration.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you'd like to see a demonstration, watch this video on last gen iPhone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2WhU77ihw8

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm an Offical Apple phone repair tech. A lot of things stop working once you place new parts in, things that have even thrown me for a loop and made me think I did the repair wrong. I replaced a display, and the vibration and camera stopped working properly. I thought I damaged the haptic feedback motor (That I didn't even remove) You have to sign into apple's repair website, and 'run a diagnostic' in order to get the vibration function to work again after you swap a part on some models. They all do some weird shit.

Sometimes swapping a camera on a model will cause the camera in app to run at like 3 fps or Face ID will stop working until you validate the parts on their repair site. It's shit.