Submitted 2 weeks ago by Lemmynated@lemmy.zip to technology@lemmy.zip
https://www.xda-developers.com/framework-repairable-laptops-work-but-nobody-willing-to-buy/
compares framework to
Apple, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Asus,
“strange: it doesn’t compete.”
“strange: my local burger shop won’t compete with mcdonalds.”
“strange: the super market around the corner doens’t have as high sales as unilever. perhaps people don’t like local food.”
“I’m just asking questions!”
I’d buy one if I needed a laptop, but my current laptop still works just fine. its not my fault that a $500 laptop from 6 years ago came witn 16GB of memory and a 4.20 GHz Intel chip that can do literally everything I need a laptop to do today.
or maybe i should just buy stuff to prove a point.
Same boat here. My workplace gave me my old laptop when they upgraded me. It’s not great, but I don’t need it for much. Just browsing the internet.
Kind of a ridiculous take that ignores reality given that they've been selling out fast. How's that possible if nobody ia buying them?
Wrong
Almost no one can afford one*
Plenty of people can afford them, and they sell out of the inventory for years every time they release a new product.
Them selling out of stock doesn’t mean everyone who wants a laptop like theirs can afford one. It simply means that they have met the manufacturing quota to fulfill the demand they do have.
Their products aren’t available in brick and mortar stores, therefore aren’t subject to price fluctuations and sales, and can’t be purchased on e-retailers like Amazon.
It’s quite possible that if people could walk into a best buy or microcenter and buy a framework laptop more people would but even at microcenter they seem to be thin on the ground and that’s the only retail store I’ve even heard about who’s selling it.
How many?
They can’t really drastically lower the price without production at large scale. And in current environment even the biggest corps can’t get favorable deals.
Also while, they are not price competitive in direct comparison, once you factor in that you can just upgrade GPU or CPU without needing to buy a full new laptop the next upgrade cycle it suddenly becomes very price competitive.
Good points
I bought two
Weird flex.
Lol I’m kidding. Seriously, you’re doing good work helping them (and, by extension, the rest of us) out.
I like the Framework laptops a lot. Especially the love for Linux support. And how easy it is how to fix or replace components of including the cool swappable USB modules (hdmi, display port, USB c) around the laptop.
Oh, so you’re the reason they are sold out…
Sorry
I don’t have one, because I can’t afford one. Then when I finally save enough to buy one, they’re [shocked pikachu] sold out. So I wait for production to catch up to demand. But then, my car decides to make that noise that costs a shitton or my ac decides cold==hot or whatever. Rinse and repeat. But I guarantee you, Framework laptops are absolutely in demand.
I bought one lmao
Yeah my next laptop will be a framework, coming from Apple currently.
MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
This article is bullshit…
Image