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My dream is where the the laptop itself has a similar design. Where when you open the laptop, the screen gets raised by about a foot. I can't really conceive of times when I need the laptop screen low, so one wouldn't need all the extra frame and parts needed in this mod.

I haven't conceived the exact mechanism for it, but it would be fun to try and do it for the Framework laptop.

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Lenovo recently showed a laptop with a screen extending upwards:

https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/p/laptops/thinkbook/thinkbook-p...

There's also the Asus Zenbook Duo that has two screens (one under the removable keyboard): https://www.asus.com/uk/laptops/for-home/zenbook/asus-zenboo...

The new one (full display under keyboard) is super interesting. I think they presented it at CES.

Previous one had I believe like a companion display occupying ~1/3 of the keyboard side which looked pretty neat. I wish frame.work had an option like that -- seems way more feasible than Lenovo's contraption with motors and flexible screen, though not sure if it would be possible given the space budget.

Sounds nice, but how do you keep it from falling over? The higher screen makes it top heavy, and the way screens are tilted back also makes it lopsided. It will want to fall backward, and it will be worse on surfaces that aren't flat and solid, like your lap.

I guess one approach is weight distribution. Make the screen as light as possible and shift as much weight forward (near the space bar) as possible. I'm just not sure if it would be enough. You could also go with outriggers (like a crane or boat), but that's ugly and doesn't help with the lap situation, which is where you need help the most.

I haven't thought of these issues at all. Weight will certainly need to be balanced. TFA was able to solve it, so I would imagine it is possible.

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