So, my ‘new laptop’ was still working perfectly fine, and there was no real reason to replace it (although my daughter was using my old laptop a bit too much - so now she has her own laptop :)). But still, since I saw the video on Linus Tech Tips I really supported the idea. And as I am not going to invest 224993.37 dollars, but still believe in the put-the-money-where-your-mouth is, I did buy the Framework 13 one-and-a-half years ago.

Framework promises an upgradable and repairable laptop. Looking at the current trend of glueing everything together, and making sure that you need to throw away the complete thing when something small breaks (we had to throw away a Toshiba Chromebook CB30-B-104 when a bit of tea was spoilt into the trackpad; ok at a price of 350 euro for a laptop, you could argue that it is too-cheap-to-repair anyway, but as I don’t like fast-fashion, I also don’t like that approach), I really dig that idea.

Yes, the framework is not perfect (the screen on my 14 inch MacBook Pro M3 Pro from work is better; the battery life could be better; the keyboard is ok, but not Lenovo W540 quality), but it is quite a good machine. I really appreciate the fact that you can customize it (do I need 64 GB of memory? Probably not…), and that you can buy it without OS (Fedora runs perfectly!). And I really adore that I could update parts if they arrive in the future (yeah, no promises, but since my laptop, I could already upgrade the battery, the webcam or the screen to a better model). Yes, it is expensive for what you get - so is biological meat.

I am very happy with my purchase for now. Would I also be happy if I had bought another laptop? Probably yes (unless it was an Apple…). Would I recommend it to others? It depends - if you just want to have a laptop that works and is cheap, then no; but if you think that sustainability is important, you can live with the drawbacks, then go for it.