Framework Laptop 2.5Gbps Ethernet Expansion Card
I am 100% on board with the repairability, sustainability, and compatibility mission of Framework, but I absolutely hate the way they did these choices of only 4 expansion cards. A Thinkpad T14 Gen 3 [1] is 2mm thicker than the Framework, but has more than enough room for an RJ-45 ethernet port, 2 USB-C ports, 2 USB-A ports, 1 HDMI, a SD card slot, and a smartcard reader (maybe an edge case, but still). That's 8 ports, plus the headphone jack that is built in to both. If I bought a framework, I'd need to carry multiple expansion cards to have those same connectivity options, plus that RJ45 is going to stick out and probably wouldn't be good to put in a bag while attached to the laptop. I see so much hype about Framework, but does this seem wrong to anyone else?<p>Edit: Since this got a lot of replies, I do get the benefits of an expansion slot. Put one on each side, that should be plenty. But fill the rest of the laptop with the usual set of ports in a motherboard that I can easily repair.<p>[1] <a href="https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/p/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpadt/thinkpad-t14-gen-3-(14-inch-intel)/len101t0014" rel="nofollow">https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/p/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpadt/th...</a>