The Framework laptop's motherboards can all be run without batteries. They have a 'standalone' mode you can toggle in the UEFI settings.
If only Frameworks were “extremely boring old office laptops” with costs reflecting that, instead of very interesting and desirable hardware for which people will pay a slightly lower than Apple premium.
Yeah, I really just want a refreshed early 2010s Thinkpad with a wide-open BIOS. The modern Chinese mainboards you can get for old Thinkpad chassis are very cool but the prices aren't so cool.
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