[ClaraForm]

My ports are fine, something funky is up with yours. All 1st Gen hinges are bad, but the 2nd Gen hinge is almost perfect. All speakers are bad, battery life is bad, the fan is just a jet engine some times. The promise of an upgradable laptop is great, but it's less great if it's an excuse to ship sub-par default parts. If I have to replace most parts to end up with a laptop that makes me happy, it feels ... like I was cheated of the actual initial promise.

That said, I am happy with it. And still, I'm in for the experiment. If I can get one truly great inter-generational mainboard update while retaining most parts, then the "build" will have paid for itself. I'm on a 12th gen mainboard, hoping my next update will be some time around 2026 or 2027.