@infinityq Eh I would like to avoid HP this time .. want to buy from the smaller manufacturers instead if possible

New by me: Citrix forgot to tell you there was a zero day RCE vulnerability used widely since at least May in Netscaler.

Nobody released any technical information until now.

It has been used to pop "critical" organisations in the Netherlands and worldwide.

What to do:

https://doublepulsar.com/citrix-forgot-to-tell-you-cve-2025-6543-has-been-used-as-a-zero-day-since-may-2025-d76574e2dd2c

IP/Port: 99.251.254.190:5900
Hostname: pool-99-251-254-190.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com
Client Name: chipi chipi chapa chapa
Location: Willowdale, Ontario, CA 🇨🇦
ASN: AS812 Rogers Communications Canada Inc.
VNC Password: N/A
ID: 1794828
Added to DB: 05/06/2025, 10:54:13 PM (UTC)
Last seen: 05/06/2025, 06:52:41 PM (UTC)
https://computernewb.com/vncresolver/browse#id/1794828

"You’ve reached your monthly article limit." this is the first time i've ever opened this website

there was a post in a group chat about that Copilot garbage theyre adding to Excel so i spent a while setting up this photo and posted it saying "i dont think i got the update yet" but everyone just ignored me. so idk maybe you will enjoy it

@elly @hp anyway, thank you so much for these recommendations :) hopefully they still exist after a few more years (I want to keep using my current laptop until it dies, if possible, I don't like ewaste)

@noisytoot IMO there's no point for me in buying a computer that's as old as my current one, I may as well just keep using it (and I will, until it fully dies)

@elly @hp Now to address the things I asked that the FW16 doesn't have:

> - CD/DVD: Yeeeeah, no. You would need to order a Panasonic Let's Note from Japan to get that in the laptop these days.

I guess ... I do have an external cd/dvd drive from last decade that still works

> - Screen: 2560x1600 16:10. Absolutely awesome, but I wish there was an OLED option.

I did say max 1440p, but if it's 16:10 that's even better :D

> - RAM: Of course, upgradeable. You get 2x DDR5 SO-DIMM.

"woah ddr5 is a thing now??"

> I still wouldn't recommend going with Phoenix (1st gen FW16) due to issues with AMD's USB controller. Sometimes my USB just randomly dies, and it's not a problem with Framework itself.

Ah...... I remember someone mentioning USB issues with AMD especially when flashing amlogic stuff .. :/ will see

> - Keyboard: You can replace it by sliding two plastic tabs, pulling the touchpad assembly and lifting it out. There are multiple options available, and you can even build your own.

a dream come true (like on the mnt reform as well!)

> - GPU: You can remove dGPU and replace it with 2x M.2 modules, OcuLink (or other community-made modules), or swap/upgrade (current options are RX7700S and RTX5070 I think, for my needs iGPU is plenty fast).

Regarding the gpu I think I might just use the iGPU .. my current laptop has an nvidia card and frankly I hate it

> - CPU: Can't replace (can't think of a single laptop made in the past decade that had socketed CPU), but you can swap the mainboard with a newer version so I consider this a win.

my laptop which was manufactured in 2011 has a socketed CPU, but yeah I agree this is quite rare in the laptop world, even back then it wasn't very common

@elly @hp along with MNT Reform

@elly @hp FW16 goes in my list of promising successors to my old HP elitebook

@noisytoot T440p is about as old as my computer

@hp @elly I'd absolutely love free firmware, but seeing how rare that is it's more of a "nice to have" than a "requirement", so to speak

@pocketvj MNT Reform is definitely on my radar :D

@hp I think it's an x86_64 laptop and also I'm not sure about its coreboot/open firmware support (though I'll admit I haven't mentioned that)

but yeah, seems quite close to what I want. @elly I know you have one, what's your experience with it? (also to you, if you have one)

and I forgot:

- replaceable SSD (M.2 or SATA)

@elly > I have to say thought that having workstation-grade hardware with me no matter where I am is a huge benefit though. I can just whip out a USB-C charger, plug it into the wall and code/compile without worrying about unstable internet connection. I should get an OcuLink expansion card so I can hook up PCIe devices to it without messing with thunderbolt (Gen4 x8).

this is where laptops really shine IMO, I can plug it in to my 2-3 monitors and use it as a desktop computer, and then when I need to go outside I can take my laptop with me along with its charger and just use it that way too.

A long while ago I used to have a desktop *and* a laptop, but then I realized I'm terrible at managing multiple computers so I went back to one laptop. And that's nice, also because I can just start something at home and then take my laptop and get back to where I was.

my next laptop should preferably be aarch64 btw, or maybe loongarch64 if that's available. I don't want to mess with x86_64 anymore.

@fossdd @jomo @adrianyyy ooooh black wii shop channel loading circle

Basically I want something reliable for many years to come, so I don't have to buy a new laptop every 2 years or something .. money isn't infinite, and earth resources also aren't either