Neat! An upgradable laptop made with high quality materials!
I know nobody asked for my opinion, but I saw the [Ethernet card](https://frame.work/ca/en/products/ethernet-expansion-card) and was a bit sad. How about something like 3Com XJACK to keep it small and without protrusions when travelling?
I've personally never had one of those hinged ethernet jacks reliably work. Or, they do, but the link is incredibly unstable. I just settled on having a thick enough laptop to support a 'native' full-size jack in my last purchase cycle, but I could see the Framework style being very nice for how little I find myself using it: that way when you _need_ a full size jack, you have one that's stable.
I suspect most people these days have hardwired networking to a laptop dock, and then thunderbolt from there to the laptop anyway.
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Neat! An upgradable laptop made with high quality materials!
I know nobody asked for my opinion, but I saw the [Ethernet card](https://frame.work/ca/en/products/ethernet-expansion-card) and was a bit sad. How about something like 3Com XJACK to keep it small and without protrusions when travelling?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/XJACK
Or the spring-loaded swivel down port from Lenovo?
https://www.reviewgeek.com/p/uploads/2021/05/c9c310c4.jpg
That said, I’m not their target audience…
I've personally never had one of those hinged ethernet jacks reliably work. Or, they do, but the link is incredibly unstable. I just settled on having a thick enough laptop to support a 'native' full-size jack in my last purchase cycle, but I could see the Framework style being very nice for how little I find myself using it: that way when you _need_ a full size jack, you have one that's stable.
I suspect most people these days have hardwired networking to a laptop dock, and then thunderbolt from there to the laptop anyway.