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While I like what Framework is doing and I'm glad the product exists, I find it to be a physically unattractive laptop. There's more to design than just aesthetics but I think it gives off cheap mid-2000s netbook vibes.

Happy they're getting recognition and I hope they keep iterating on the design.

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Funny, I felt that way about the new Macbook Pros. When they unveiled them at the event, I was laughing my ass off since I was joking with my friends earlier about how funny it would be if they used the old 2007 MBP design. Then the laughing wore off when I saw the notch... different strokes for different folks, I suppose.

ahh the notch sensitive cohort.. i never understood the massive focus on removing the notch on smartphones.. it's of trivial significance to millions of ppl I would assume

I prefer a hole-punch camera, for the most part. Or hell, even that weird "reverse notch" thing Lenovo has been toying with where there's a small tab at the top of the display to accommodate a bigger webcam. In any case, I'd like to believe we can live in a world where the most well-funded designers and engineers could find us a way to have our 16:10 notchless cake and eat it, too.

The new M1 MBPs look amazing, like the TiBooks of old. I'm not fond of the curved "pretending to be super thin" MacBooks of the generation immediately previous.

To each their own. I would have much preferred a G4 Powerbook look for my money, but design is subjective. There were people out there who would legitimately defend the trashcan Mac Pro at the time.

But isn't that what we got? The only thing that doesn't look like the PowerBook G4 or the first MacBook Pro is the colour of the keyboard (black instead of silver).

Sorry, I meant G3 Powerbook. My retro Macbook knowledge is not very well-maintained. I always just called the G4 the "2007 model", which was decidedly vague.

I think it's pretty decent. Certainly better than your average laptop. Paint it in black and it will have a 'thinkpad-like' industrial feel to it.

I'm happy that there is at least one laptop maker putting their dollars and effort into function rather than form.

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