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points by Grombobulous 1 day ago | 0 comments

I would rather have a Framework 13 Pro where I could choose 4 ports of my choosing and swap them out at will. (That’s my current machine, sold my M2 MacBook Pro for it).

I would rather have a ThinkPad X9 15p Aura Edition, which has 3x thunderbolt, SD Card, HDMI, and USB-A, all at the same time with no dongle.

[–] AprilArcus 1 day ago

I love the Framework laptops in every other respect, but I just don't get the "swappable port" concept. Those are still dongles; they're just special dongles that can only be used on one brand of machine and which require allocating internal space away from battery, on a machine whose power-hungry OSes can't spare a single watt-hour.

[–] Grombobulous 1 day ago

I don't know what's so hard to understand about it. They're dongles that don't stick out when you use them. That eliminates a lot of the annoyance with dongles.

They also let you customize what ports you want in your laptop. You don't have to customize them. You don't have to pull them out. It's still an advantage.

You can also replace your ports easily if they get physical damage.

They can also be used on any brand of machine or even a smartphone. They're just Thunderbolt/USB-C.

They don't take space away from the battery, the battery on the Framework 13 Pro is almost the exact same size as the one in the MacBook Pro 14, and as of the M5 model the Framework 13 Pro gets better battery life than that Mac.

[–] tencentshill 18 hours ago

They're just USB-C adapters. You can use them on any other laptop.