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Dell RTO mandate said to be a stealth layoff, for women (www.theregister.com)
submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 68 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

If you are buying a laptop, Framework is where it is at. Huge focus on a quality product as well as repairability and interoperability between parts.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Do Frameworks still use that goofy resolution that makes it close to impossible scale the UI properly on Linux?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

Yeah, but fractional scaling works fairly well on Wayland

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Wasn't aware of this, thanks!

[–] [email protected] 35 points 8 months ago

I have two of them, and I think they are great. That being said, they are significantly more expensive than similar options from Dell (or Lenovo, HP, etc.) They just don't have the volume of production needed to compete.

MAYBE you'll end up ahead with upgradability or repairability, but honestly, you're paying more to support good company practices.

I'm planning on keeping these laptops for a long time and upgrading when I need to, but we have to be realistic that most people aren't going to stomach a minimum of 30% premium for options they don't care about.