avidamoeba

We're perfectly optimistic about most technology. We can see how we can benefit from it, once most of the value it produces no longer ends in the owner class'es pocket.

I used to use R7800s. Then switched to UAP AC Pro / U6 Pro. Today just tested the OpenWrt One.

• The R7800 (on OpenWrt) is superb, fast, reliable. Can't say anything bad about it. One of the most successful wireless platforms I've used. Probably the best implementation of this chipset too.
• The UAP AC Pro / U6 Pro perform better than the R7800. They have significantly better radio performance. The range is longer, coverage is uniform, performance is more consistent within the covered area. Adding a local Unifi controller (can be done in Docker) adds some nice wireless and management features like band steering. They don't work well for bridging / mesh though. I had to run a bridge at some point and a set of Unifi had significant latency spikes, making it bad for gaming and other low-latency applications. A R7800-to-R7800 wireless bridge in the same application was superb with consistently low latency. Unifi can be had for cheaper second hand. Lots of corpos have them and old units get dumped upon upgrades.
• The OpenWrt One, through my very limited testing shows great performance in good radio conditions. Once you put some obstacles for the signal, performance degrades much quicker than Unifi U6 Pro. In a particular test where the Unifi achieved 50Mbps, the OpenWrt One did 1.5Mbps. I haven't compared it to an R7800. I don't know if it would perform any better with different antennas.

Before that I've used R7000, WZR-300HP, WL-500g, WRT54G/L, among others, but none of these are relevant today. :D

This like most plugs in this format is not for inductive loads so it can only handle 300W with such:

It might be OK if the AC units are small enough.

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I think the Framework laptop is absolutely good for the industry. Many of your points attempt to diminish or omit the pros and emphasize the cons of things.

E.g. ports. You don't notice that the Framework ports also work with everything else that a dongle does. You also don't notice that having modular ports provides extraordinary durability. Ports are often a thing that gets destroyed on laptops. Repairing often means a main board replacement. With a Framework, it's $20 port card and 10 seconds of work.

You compare their parts situation to Apple's by omitting the important fact that Framework's parts, especially the wear and tear ones like coolers, keyboards and batteries are dirt cheap and easily available for purchase. I don't know about you but I've replaced many ThinkPad batteries over the years and finding genuine ones is often a pain and they're invariably very expensive. 2-3x more expensive than what a Framework battery is.

Personally, I've already seen the benefits of the Framework model. I have a Framework 13 which I nastily dropped and bent as a result. One bottom cover order and replacement later it's as good as new.

I think the Framework model is absolutely positive for the industry, so long as it keeps working. If they go out of business in a year, or get sold to some profit maximizing group that disrupts the model, then yeah, at that point it may become a negative. In my opinion this is the risk for this company and this product model.