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this looks cool, but i have a note for those willing to stop using their working but more proprietary devices to get this instead.
while this is more repairable and upgradable than most currently popular laptops, you shouldn't upgrade if you don't need to. if your device works, and you can live with the missed performance and other features, don't condemn it to the e-waste bin, where it will most likely not be efficiently disposed of nor recycled, and add to the at least 62 million tonnes of yearly e-waste that is also processed by socially vulnerable people (including children) in economically disadvantaged nations.
if you don't have to waste it, don't. reduce.
Agreed! Plus I buy almost all tech reburbished or used these days. Most of the time it's a way better deal especially when running Linux. At worst sometimes the battery is bad so I only buy stuff where that is replaceable.
i envy you; every-single-attempt that i've made to purchase second hand has blown up in my face.
Reduce
Reuse
Recycle
And in that order
Reduce...
Reuse...
ecyc e...
For the cultured
They could put it on eBay. Win-win?
Or donate to NetBSD foundation. NetBSD tends to keep old hardware alive.
giving it to someone else is good too
Ofc if you want to throw away your old laptop you should give it to me instead :3
Unironicaly though there should be a mass program where old PC parts and tech are donated from people who don't want it to people who do (for example an old laptop that a retro collector might want or a broken laptop someone else might be willing to fix)
I fully agree!
As much as I want to support Linux/repairability friendly companies, I want to avoid creating e-waste even more.
That’s why, for my administrative uses, I might never buy a new PC again but only get Linux friendly used ones.
As for gaming, I’ll still probably get a Steam Machine on top of my Steam Deck (got it used) as you need something more powerful and can’t just get something from 2012 if you want to be able to play recent games.
Yep, instead upgrade when you feel to and keep the old parts as replacement in case something break, repurpose it or give it to someone that will use it;
I've seen people using old framework parts for home servers too
A lot of people use old laptop's, in part or whole, as home servers. Really not something framework invented.
The point wasn't that framework invented it, the point was that it's one possible use of the old components
But it's really nothing that sets the framework apart
It wasn't meant to be something that set framework apart, just a suggestion of what you can do with old framework hardware
Agreed. Don't spend money you don't have to just to fit in with losers on the internet.