If I'm looking at the framework or the Thinkpad or anything else I've said "no thanks" to Apple laptops
This is my starting point. I've already turned the Mac down.
It's like turning down a very specific slice of cake and then being offered the same kind of cake from different vendors when really you just want a salad
If for software: thats the point.
If for hardware (because its not serviceable): then thats what the framework is fixing.
It is no secret that Apple hardware is superior right now. If you don’t like that as a fact then convince Dell/HP/Lenovo to do better. It is a valid north star for Framework in the current ecosystem to differentiate but chase the best in market.
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Also, your comments are devoid of things that you actually feel like you’re missing. I think you’re just being snide because you've taken a position as “anything related to Apple is bad” which undermines a lot of genuine engineering they do.
Let's take an industry where there isn't any: showers. You go to a hotel or an Airbnb and you can't figure out how to turn on the shower. They're all so different
This is actually great. People are being very innovative and creative. That's human flourishing and ingenuity.
You go to the electronics store and all the laptops look the same with different logos on the back.
It's suffocating
I'm looking for creative diversity. It's a different set of values
While you're certainly within your right to buy different types of hardware, I don't think you're right to criticize convergent design. There already are wildly different laptop alternatives like the iPad, which is mainly held back by it's refusal to accept basic laptop features that Mac and PC users take for granted.
MNT Reform for example; https://mntre.com/
The laptops I mentioned are also very different from Macbooks, but they are increasingly poor quality.
I maintain that its a valid choice, maybe once they have a truly solid product they can be creative. But theres no point being “super creative” and having no product, especially not a product people dislike.
So making Mac-like hardware with Windows/Linux software is very much a great value proposition to many people.
There is some agreement in terms of the M chips. There is no universl agreement re keyboard layout, screen technology and surfacing, trackpoints, touchscreens, 2-in-1 form factors, port selection, or aluminium unibodies.