I think they are very clear from the get go that this desktop cannot have replaceable ram. They mentioned that they talked to AMD and even LP-CAMM2 cannot support this chip.
Honestly personally I am fine as long as the ram upgrade price is reasonable and provide significant energy-consumption benefit. I don't think ram and CPU are components that are prone to failure.
As said already, this specific chip cannot support socketed memory. And personally, I don't really think Framework needs to enter the regular desktop hardware market which is already well-served by a thriving ecosystem of multiple hardware vendors collaborating around a well-defined standard (ATX).
The "Framework Desktop", with this specific choice of hardware, seems to be more of a competitor to the likes of the Mac Studio than to anything that could already be custom-built today anyways. While I think its naming choice might be a bit poor due to it being conflated with that desktop market, I think it's a natural fit as something fairly laptop-adjacent and thus close to Framework's existing efforts and strengths.
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nichtburningturtle@feddit.org · 7 pts · 1y
Did framework miss the whole point of why people buy their laptops with this one?
coherent_domain@infosec.pub · 9 pts · 1y
I think they are very clear from the get go that this desktop cannot have replaceable ram. They mentioned that they talked to AMD and even LP-CAMM2 cannot support this chip.
Honestly personally I am fine as long as the ram upgrade price is reasonable and provide significant energy-consumption benefit. I don't think ram and CPU are components that are prone to failure.
sudotstar@fedia.io · 5 pts · 1y
As said already, this specific chip cannot support socketed memory. And personally, I don't really think Framework needs to enter the regular desktop hardware market which is already well-served by a thriving ecosystem of multiple hardware vendors collaborating around a well-defined standard (ATX).
The "Framework Desktop", with this specific choice of hardware, seems to be more of a competitor to the likes of the Mac Studio than to anything that could already be custom-built today anyways. While I think its naming choice might be a bit poor due to it being conflated with that desktop market, I think it's a natural fit as something fairly laptop-adjacent and thus close to Framework's existing efforts and strengths.
recursive_recursion@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y
It's an interesting idea, not sure I'd buy one though as I just don't see the point of replacing my full desktop or my laptop
Cris_Color@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Interesting read. Thanks for sharing