Modder builds Framework Laptop with mechanical keyboard, and it's an all-aluminium hunk straight out of the '90s
9mon 5d ago by piefed.world/u/cm0002 in framework@lemmy.ca from www.notebookcheck.net
An enterprising modder has built himself a rather impressive DIY Framework Laptop with an integrated fully hot-swappable mechanical keyboard with the coveted HHKB layout. The mod makes the repairable thin-and-light laptop significantly thicker, but that extra space also adds room for sleek integrated volume, screen brightness, and keyboard backlight dials.
The mod makes the repairable thin-and-light laptop significantly thicker
While I love every bit of what's going on here, "significantly thicker" doesn't even begin to describe things 😆
how crap, yeah it's like 2inches T H I C K
She's a chonky framework now
It makes my downstairs parts all tingly, I want one.
Wow I love the chonk. What a breath of freah air
You're definitely gonna need a lot of air to carry that around.
It's big, but it could be bigger. I want it in an FW 16.
Also, a tungsten body. I want my muscles to scream when I pick it up.
Perfect for a brogrammer.
Starting with a 16 instead of 13 would also free up expansion module slots (in addition to the fact that the 16 has six slots as opposed the 13's four slots). This mod uses one of the slots to run the keyboard, dials, etc. On the other hand, the 16's input module interface is a glorified USB 2.0 pinout that could be used for this instead, leaving all six expansion module slots free.