Hi, I am not a hardware expert. Just consult some basic questions regarding the framework laptop upgrade.
Case 1:
If I have an 11th gen framework laptop and I upgrade the motherboard, by moving the existing ram and SSD on the 11th gen motherboard to the new 12th gen motherboard. The SSD has a windows OS installed. Will the laptop be bootable without doing any changes?
Case 2:
Similar to case 1, if the SSD (compatible with framework laptop, in the suggested list of SSD brand list) with Windows comes from a laptop of another brand, say an HP laptop, and switches to a framework laptop, will it be bootable directly and used without any problem?
A general question is what determines an SSD with Windows can be bootable from a new laptop?
How about the case for an SSD with Linux installed?
Case 3:
Linux version of Case 1.
Case 4:
Linux version of Case 2.
Thank you for your answer.
==== No need to read just some background reason that I ask this question ======
In 2016, I spent nearly $1900 US dollar to buy a 15 inch Macbook pro mid 2015. A few days ago, while I was working, the laptop suddenly turns black screen with a burning smell coming from it. I took it to a local repair store to fix it. They spend two days and tell me that they are not able to fix it, some problem with the logic board. If I send it to some company with mail-in service, it probably will take around $200 to fix it. I have data in the SSD and I need them to resume my work, but when I search online, I found that the enclosure are surprisingly expensive. So I am thinking about different cases of switching SSD to quickly resume my work if a similar thing happen in the future.
I probably will not fix the Macbook pro and will ditch Apple forever. A $1900 laptop, only serves for 6 years, and cannot even be used as a backup laptop … For the old mac, like 2015 mid, although it is inconvenient, there is still a way I can get access to the data with an SSD enclosure. For the new Macbook air with M1, M2 chip, SSDs are fully soldered on the logic board, what would people do, when the laptop refuses to boot?? Always use Mac with an external drive attached?? Cannot imagine…
For developers, taking a new laptop and starting to configure everything from scratch is very time-consuming. It is very important that I can simply switch the SSD and resume work if something goes wrong with the laptop.
Framework laptop offers a great solution that, we can use the motherboard only (relatively cheap) as a backup desktop. Soon, there will be some used motherboards we can buy on eBay.