I posted about a week ago about how the only thing holding me back from getting a Framework 13 is the lack of OLED. It’s true, if there was a high-res OLED option I’d feel very comfortable with buying one. I’m coming from the “Apple world”, using micro LED displays, love those dark blacks and vibrant colors.
That said, I’d probably be ok with the 2.8k LED display. I JUST WISH there was a place I could go to actually see the screen, in real life before, buying it.
Can I get some reviews and opinions on the display quality?
I have the Framework 13 with the 2.8K LED screen. It’s running openSUSE Slowroll and is one of the best looking notebook displays I’ve seen. The screen is very sharp and clearly displays the very tiny details in my wallpaper photo. One of my brothers who has a high-end Thinkpad with a FHD screen was quite impressed with how much better the Framework 13 screen looked compared to his Thinkpad. Since it’s so easy to replace any component on a Framework, there’s also the possibility that an OLED display may be available in the future.
If you buy a Framework, you have 30 days to evaluate it and get a full refund if you decide you’re not happy with it. I would also imagine that if you decided you didn’t want to keep it that a friend of yours, who’s looking for a new notebook, might be happy to buy it from you. Given how few used Framework computers show up in the “Community Market” section of the Framework forums or on eBay, you could probably sell it for what you paid for it by putting it up for sale on Craigslist, the Framework forum “Community Market” or eBay.
You can also reduce the price of a Framework by buying the DIY version and buying the RAM and M.2 NVMe SSD from other suppliers than Framework. If you’ll be running Linux, you can save yourself the cost of a Windows license by buying the DIY version without an operating system. Even if you need to run Windows, you can still save money by buying a DIY version Framework and buying the OEM version of Windows elsewhere.
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