Framework wants you to take its laptop apart and repair it. Seriously. While most laptops are difficult to impossible to repair or upgrade, this debut product from Framework not only can be dismantled and upgraded, but the company actually encourages you to do it.
We took an early-production Framework laptop for a whirl. While we have some issues with certain design choices, we have to say it’s refreshing to see a laptop made for upgrading and serviceability.
For example, most laptop bezels and bodies are held together with plastic latches that snap the keyboard deck onto the bottom. While you can usually snap the two together after opening it to, say, swap out the SSD, do it enough times and the plastic latches will eventually break. Framework addresses this by using magnets to hold the bezel and body together. Once you’ve removed the five T5 screws on the bottom, you carefully pry the two pieces apart.
Framework laptop review: This DIY laptop wants you to take it apart and repair it
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How To Properly Install Your Nvidia GeForce Or AMD Radeon Drivers
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Nvidia GeForce and AMD drivers are one of those things that you never really want to think about too much. But with a lot of people rediscovering games and PC gaming in particular these past couple of years, it’s worth reminding everyone how to install and uninstall your AMD/Nvidia/Intel drivers properly.
PCs collect all sorts of software and bloat over time, predominately because the vast majority of users install things and never think twice about it. That’s one of the great things about the platform, but every now and again you’ll need to update something. Sometimes, those updates break in weird and wild ways and sometimes Windows breaks it for you.