You even could consider it the anti MacBook.
The Framework Laptop is almost absurdly configurable, right down to which ports appear on its sides.
Want four HDMI ports on a single laptop?
Framework
But useful as this is, the configurability is almost a byproduct of something more important.
The Framework Laptop is totally repairable, and completely upgradeable.
Repairable
Framework founder Nirav Patelalso founded Oculus, and has worked at Apple.
Framework
Frameworks computer is meant to be kept and used for a long time.
Repairability has to be the rule, not the exception.
It weighs in at 2.86 pounds, and is 0.62 inches thick.
In other words, its no MacBook Air, but neither is it a huge slab.
All of those parts are repairable, but the modularity makes this repairs easy.
Framework also makes spares available, right down to custom-colored bezels for the screen surround.
And this repairability goes hand-in-hand with customization.
Right to Repair
Patels Framework comes at just the right time.
Lack of repairability is expensive.
A recentreport by US PIRGsays that the US alone generates almost 7 million tons of electronic waste every year.
If that figure is too big to comprehend, thats 176 pounds per family, per year.
If we could repair those gadgets instead of replacing them, the US would save $40 billion annually.
In France, Apple must nowshow a repairability indexfor its products, right there on its store pages.
Perhaps nobody will care while shopping for the latest iPhone, but its a start.
Repairability also is a boon for the manufacturer.
To use Apple as an example again, the iPhone 12 can be repaired more easily than previous models.
That means cheaper repairs, and a faster turnaround for the customer.
In the end, the current model of constant buying isnt sustainable.
That model will have to change.
Its just a matter of whether it changes fast enough.
The Framework Laptop is an excellent start, but repairability has to be the rule, not the exception.
