[mushufasa]

This commitment by Lenovo must have been driven by customer demand -- in this case, the IT departments. I wonder how much of that demand may be attributed to questions about comparisons to Framework. Even if Framework is not mainstream, it has mindshare among the IT-crowd.

[nine_k]

The replaceable Thunderbolt sockets connecting to an internal Thunderbolt socket are a direct... homage to Framework.

[opan]

Lenovo has long had a separate board for the power connector you could separately replace. This is likely a continuation of that idea. I had an X220 Tablet (Released in 2011) from eBay that was sparking when I plugged it in. IIRC I just unscrewed and rescrewed the charging board and then it worked again. I guess there was some short, maybe it was loose. It would've been easy to replace just that part if it had failed completely.

[TiredOfLife]

Framework just made dongles be a part of case. Inside it's still soldered type-c connectors.

[0x38B]

For me, Framework is super cool as a brand, both for the quality of their product and the ethos that backs it. When everyone else in the coffee shop has an apple or another brand so widespread that you don't even notice it, the gear is something different. I like that.

[huddert]

Framework is a great concept but they will die due to poor execution. If I hadn't already recently bought a Framework (and knew what I do now about them) I would've held out for one of these new Lenovos. I don't think Framework can compete if one of the established players joins the game.

[leethargo]

Could you share some of "what you now know bout them"?

Was there some issue in customer support, or getting spare parts?

Is it about the new products that have since come out?

I'm also using a Framework notebook for the past two years and have been quite happy, but nothing needed replacement so far...

[Epskampie]

I've got a framework 13, pretty happy with it. Everything works as expected under the newest ubuntu. Build quality is good enough for me.