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The Framework 16 laptop detects when it's booted partially assembled. (urbanists.social)
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It boots into a special mode to walk you through completing the assembly. The screen updates to reflect your progress and prompt the next step. This requires no tools to complete. Impressive! See linked video.

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[–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Eh honestly frameworks are unique, differentiated and practical. I just can't live without a trackpoint.I don't use the pointer much anyways, so the convenience of just having it right there on the home row for cases when I do is irresistible. I love it so much that my desktop doesn't have a separate mouse, just a TEX Shinobi keyboard (which has a trackpoint). My main laptop, X201s with cool chinese CPU upgrade also doesn't have any pointer input other than a trackpoint. I think you can see why I am hesitating to switch to a device without one, even if the repairability, future mobo upgrades, and "internal dongles" are very appealing.

And as for the dying breed, I don't think that's necessarily the case. There are a lot of questions & requests about it on Framework forums, r/framework and such. It's just that it would require a serious chassis redesign which is insanely expensive.