[tomcam]

First off, thanks for the fair-minded review. It answered pretty much every significant question I had about the Frame.

Second, I would like you to rethink a decision. You didn’t ask for my advice, and I’m sorry to be so rude as to give it to you. But I’m hoping it will save you a bunch of pain.

When I read this, I really felt for you:

    a new hinge kit costs $39 AUD plus $30 AUD in shipping

If you are a programmer or use your laptop a lot during the day, I would like you to consider making the purchase anyway. That sounds pretty annoying to me, and it seems to me that $70 AUD might very well be worth the investment to preserve your sanity and your flow.

Sometimes we just buy the wrong tool and have to replace it. If $70 AUD is, say, 2-4 hours of your labor after taxes, I bet having that constant drag on the edges of your consciousness removed would be worthwhile.

For me it is almost always worth the replacement if it makes my working day easier and helps yield more billable hours. Plus, I bet if your significant other were that bothered by it, you would be only too happy to get the upgrade.

Again, apologies for thinking you need my help in this matter.

[commandersaki]

Yeah, the laptop is in reserve mode, as in it's a spare that I can use if I need it. What will likely happen though is I'll find someone to donate the laptop to, and when that times comes I'll buy the hinge kit because I wouldn't wish this annoyance upon anyone.

The hinge issue is egregiously bad, and I don't know how Framework could even ship these laptops in the first place without first addressing it.