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by zerof1l 176 days ago
To me, the biggest appeal of the Framework laptop is that I can repair it myself and buy OEM parts directly.

I currently own a Lenovo Legion laptop. Still, a very powerful machine, but the screen now has a spot in the middle with multiple dead pixels, the topcoat on the trackpad is peeling off, and the main body has spots where palms rest. I'd happily buy replacement parts and install them, but I can't.
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BoredPositron 176 days ago
I don't understand the argument you can buy Lenovo OEM parts pretty easily? Even if something is not available through the pcparts site I ordered a replacement display via support.

https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/parts-lookup

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tecoholic 176 days ago
Yeah! I am also surprised. I have a lenovo from 2015 that's gotten it's wifi card, power IC, RAM - all replaced at some point for very cheap across multiple cities in India. And all this is on a Ideapad. One of their budget "professional" laptops, not even a Thinkpad.

While I understand what Framework is doing and the repairability aspect, somehow this conversation always seems to make it seem Laptops are similar to Ipads or something. It's not.

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Esophagus4 176 days ago
Can you buy a cheap donor laptop and strip it for parts?
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