I've thought about buying a new laptop, as the laptop I currently have is one I bought in 2014.. I've thought about buying a Framework laptop - I like their open-source design and that you can repair/upgrade them easily, but they're quite expensive. I might end up buying a more mainstream laptop..

https://frame.work/products/laptop16-diy-amd-ai300/configuration/new

Nightfox

I've thought about buying a new laptop, as the laptop I currently have
is one I bought in 2014.. I've thought about buying a Framework laptop
- I like their open-source design and that you can repair/upgrade them easily, but they're quite expensive. I might end up buying a more
mainstream laptop..

Let me know how it goes! I'm interested in them as well. I will say I've had such great luck with Lenovo laptops that I'm less inclined to spend more, but
I do want to support the company.

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Re: Framework laptop
By: esc to Nightfox on Wed Sep 10 2025 12:16 am

Let me know how it goes! I'm interested in them as well. I will say I've had such great luck with Lenovo laptops that I'm less inclined to spend more, but I do want to support the company.

It may be a while before I buy a new laptop. I tend to like Lenovo too (my current one is a Lenovo); I suppose I might consider Lenovo again.

Sometimes I feel a little frustrated about recent trends such as laptop batteries not being easily removable.. My current Lenovo laptop is one that has the removable battery in the lower back. I liked being able to replace the battery if necessary; also, sometimes if the laptop freezes and becomes unresponsive, unplugging it and removing the battery was an easy way to force it to shut off so I can reboot it.

Nightfox

esc wrote to Nightfox <=-

Let me know how it goes! I'm interested in them as well. I will say
I've had such great luck with Lenovo laptops that I'm less inclined to spend more, but I do want to support the company.

A 3 year old off-lease Lenovo Thinkpad is a beautiful thing. Sometimes
you get the laptop that some exec had that never opened and never left
the dock in their office.

I just signed a lease agreement for 320 Thinkpads, funny to think in 3
years I might be buying one of them back.



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Nightfox wrote to esc <=-

Sometimes I feel a little frustrated about recent trends such as laptop batteries not being easily removable.. My current Lenovo laptop is one that has the removable battery in the lower back. I liked being able
to replace the battery if necessary; also, sometimes if the laptop
freezes and becomes unresponsive, unplugging it and removing the
battery was an easy way to force it to shut off so I can reboot it.

Holding down the power switch for 10 seconds should do the trick.

If you're anywhere near handy, the nice thing about T/L series and the
Yogas is that the back comes off easily, and battery replacement takes
about 10 minutes. It's a good excuse to blow the fan clean while you
have it open.



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Re: Re: Framework laptop
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Wed Sep 10 2025 06:38 pm

Sometimes I feel a little frustrated about recent trends such as laptop
batteries not being easily removable.. My current Lenovo laptop is one
that has the removable battery in the lower back. I liked being able to
replace the battery if necessary; also, sometimes if the laptop freezes
and becomes unresponsive, unplugging it and removing the battery was an
easy way to force it to shut off so I can reboot it.

Holding down the power switch for 10 seconds should do the trick.

Yeah, I've seen some laptops like that (such as my work laptop). Thankfully, that does seem to work even when the laptop is unresponsive.

If you're anywhere near handy, the nice thing about T/L series and the Yogas is that the back comes off easily, and battery replacement takes about 10 minutes. It's a good excuse to blow the fan clean while you have it open.

That's something I could do.

Nightfox