{"id":234968,"date":"2026-04-10T22:05:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T03:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/framework-there-is-a-very-real-scenario-in-which-personal-computing-as-we-know-it-is-dead"},"modified":"2026-04-10T22:05:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T03:05:15","slug":"framework-there-is-a-very-real-scenario-in-which-personal-computing-as-we-know-it-is-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/framework-there-is-a-very-real-scenario-in-which-personal-computing-as-we-know-it-is-dead","title":{"rendered":"Framework: \u2018There is a very real scenario in which personal computing as we know it is dead\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Though the point of a blog post like this is to get eyes on its event, it doesn\u2019t just seem like lip service. Framework has been making modular laptops<\/a> for years now, and even put out a desktop last year<\/a>. Last year, the Framework 12 laptop got a 10\/10 from iFixit<\/a> regarding its repairability.<\/p>\n

Framework says that every product it ships is in service of making computers \u201cyou can own at the deepest level and do what you want with.\u201d<\/p>\n

Framework, like almost every company, has been hit by the memory crisis<\/a>. In January this year, it reportedly \u201cheld off as long as we could<\/a>\u201d but had to jack up the prices of its desktops and mainboards. And just this week, Framework said<\/a> stabilising memory prices are simply a \u2018temporary reprieve\u2019 and that there would be more price increases to come in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Though the point of a blog post like this is to get eyes on its event, it doesn\u2019t just seem like lip service. Framework has been making modular laptops for years now, and even put out a desktop last year. Last year, the Framework 12 laptop got a 10\/10 from iFixit regarding its repairability. Framework [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1523],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-234968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234968\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}