What should we build next?

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I just wanted to point out some things I feel are worth noting:

Nirav indicated the resonance of the lid is not resolved by the 4.0 kg hinge. link

@GhostLegion

@Christopher_Brown

->m.2 slot for 4G that could be used for a 2nd hard drive… this would be big for a lot of people

and cut bandwidth available for the storage? only so many pcie lanes to go around and all are allocated

PCI 4.0 2x is equal to PCI 3.0 4x. For many users 3.0 4x drives are plenty fast enough so PCI 4.0 at 2x would be fine. You are correct it would impact performance but I think the bigger issue would be finding a good space for the additional drive (unless you go half height) rather than bandwidth but perhaps the lanes could be dynamically assigned so only split when you add a second drive so no penalty unless you add a second drive?

@GhostLegion

Use a dock when at a desk charging, problem solved. How many of those ports do you use at any one time?

It is not just about how many ports are used simultaneously but also the limitation of only having 3 port choices without needing to bring dongles.

@GhostLegion

Your entire post comes across to me as one giant rant about how poor of a product the laptop is. If you really find it so limiting and substandard, why are you here? It obviously doesn’t suit your needs, and no judgement for that, go find a laptop that does.

I hear somebody venting frustration at the shortcomings they see of the design decisions made. They are here likely for the same reason a lot of us are, they bought a Framework laptop (or want to/have interest in it) because they want to see/support changing the landscape of the electronics industry.

I feel their criticism might be induced by the title of this topic which could be seen poorly in light of the issues and shortcomings they described of the current design. They are providing constructive feedback at least even if it isn’t perhaps the correct place for it.