I’m curious if the swappable ports, upgradable and repairable hardware, or some other aspect of the laptop design unlocked something specific for you?
For example: I was surprised to find out that gaming was easier with my mouse when I had the option to move the old USB-A port to the left-hand side, so the mouse cord loops around the back of the laptop and doesn’t get in the way. I know, I could get a cordless mouse, but I guess I like classic hardware :D
Another example: There was a bug in the Linux kernel a year or two ago where high DPI screens would go dark intermittently when you had only 1 memory stick (SO-DIMM) in single-channel mode. I think they eventually fixed it, but to speed things up and get a working system for myself right away, I was able to order a 2nd SO-DIMM module and upgrade to 64GB of RAM in dual-channel mode. Gratefully, the problem was solved.
If you have a Framework, have you had similar or perhaps weirder unlocks?
I have been using Linux dell laptops daily for 5 years at work and never had a problem (no problem that relates to it beeing a dell)
Partly was nvidia drivers being a bitch, other part were me having to go through some loops because some bios settings were locked down and i couldnt change them