{"post":{"id":206,"title":"Repairable laptop vs premium thin-and-light for a 5-year run?","body":"I keep laptops for 5+ years. Framework 13 (repairable, upgradeable) vs something like an XPS 13 (better screen, thinner, sealed). The repairability argument is obvious in theory, but in practice: how often do people actually upgrade a Framework vs just buying new anyway? And is the battery life gap real?\n\nLooking for people who've owned either for 2+ years.","community":"Computers","score":1,"answer_count":1,"standing":{"kind":"none","answer_votes":0,"leading":{"id":65,"name":"Framework 13","score":0},"runner_up":null},"author":{"username":"dandev","verified":false},"voted":false,"vote":0,"created_at":"2026-09-14T13:20:17.932Z","url":"https://settd.com/p/206","thumbnail":null},"comments":[{"id":65,"name":"Framework 13","body":"Framework 13, and I'm saying this as someone who actually upgraded one. Swapped my RAM from 16 to 32GB in year two when I started doing video stuff — took 10 minutes with the included screwdriver.\n\nCheckable: Framework sells the RAM and the guides are public; compare that to an XPS where you're mailing it in for a battery swap. The screen isn't as pretty, true. But 'lasts 5 years' isn't about the screen, it's about the battery and ports, and both are replaceable on the Framework.","score":0,"rank_score":0,"author":{"username":"lenamakes","verified":false},"voted":false,"vote":0,"created_at":"2026-09-14T13:30:20.640Z"}],"pagination":{"limit":50,"offset":0,"has_more":false,"next_offset":null}}