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do you think the framework laptop is a good long term investment?

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hi everyone, i was planning on getting a new laptop cheaply for about 500ish but then i stumbled upon this near-totally modular laptop rhat starts out at above 1000 bucks. do you think the cheaper laptop in the long run is just a false economy and i should go for the framework or what? if you want to ask questions go ahead but im mainly concerned about the longterm financials (and how well it will keep up over time)

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Is it really more modular than a ThinkPad or even professional Dell? I have an old Dell and finding replacement keyboard for it on ebay was cheap and easy. Same with battery. Changing keybaord/cpu/RAM is super easy, you can do it yourself. Bonus is that parts will be available for a very long time, there are many providers and surplus stock. Framework is nice but can you really be sure that in 5 years you will still be able to find parts easily?
- Good luck putting a new i7 into your 7 year old Dell.
  
  I don't get your point. Isn't it obvious that you should be comparing 7 year old Dell to 7 years old framework laptop and new Dell to new framework? What does you comparing old Dell to new framework prove?
  
  Because the entire point of framework is that in 7 years you can keep everything and swap a new mainboard in.
  Upgrading your 7 year old laptop with a 0 year old processor.
  that's the entire point of a framework laptop
  With Dell you also run the risk of inadvertently buying sodimm machines that can't even be upgraded (like the XPS 13).
  You can't buy a framework that can't be upgraded.
  
  Ok, that's interesting. I guess the only thing is that there are no 7 years old framework laptops. But if the company actually survives 7 years I agree it will be a more upgradable laptop.

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