This month I sold my 2021 M1 Max Macbook Pro and bought a Framework 13 DIY Edition laptop. After I got everything setup I sat down to write about the experience. Some ~4500 words later I realized I needed to break my thoughts into multiple posts.
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My new Framework 13 laptop just arrived. After I finally set everything up I started writing a post about the experience. I thought I'd write a little bit about my previous laptops, but a lot of fond memories I had forgotten about came flooding back. The tinkerings and many openings of laptops past. If you will indulge me, I've been feeling nostalgic. This is for the other laptop weirdos out there that that feel the same.
I have a history of doing terrible acts to laptops
The only image I could find of my NC10 was this blurry, 2021 flip phone photo of me removing the windows sticker.
In 2008, I managed to get my hands on a Samsung NC10 Netbook in a fancy metallic blue color. [^ Back when netbooks where a thing circle 2007-2013] Prior to this I only had desktops. The specs were pretty humble (from wikipedia):
A single core 1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270
Integrated Intel GMA 950 graphics
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