[peterclary]

The Framework laptop is particularly good if you have a family member who is clumsy or accident-prone because replacing the input cover (keyboard plus touchpad etc.) is dead simple. Replacing the screen is only slightly more complicated. You can replace the keyboard in isolation if you want or need to but that involves a lot more screws and is more fiddly so if you can afford the extra price for the whole input cover it may be worth saving the trouble.

He has had it for about 6 months now and he absolutely loves it. I'm about to replace the hinges with the stiffer variants.

No regrets whatsoever.

[nogridbag]

I used to repair Dell business laptops circa 2004 and they were incredibly easy. Some models had swappable bays. Want an extra battery but don't need your CD-drive? Just push in a tab, pull out the CD-drive and insert an additional battery! Every part could easily be replaced by non-technical users. I know that because we had employees working as "computer technicians" that had no idea what "Windows Control Panel" was replacing motherboards, displays, hard drives, etc! Hard-drive, non-swappable CD-drives, RAM, modem were all done with a single screw.

[awiesenhofer]

I like the idea of Framework, but I just buy refurbed T-Series Thinkpads for those family members - Quite easy to repair too and those drainage holes saved the day again and again.

Maybe Framework has those too now though?