• artyom@piefed.social
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    1 day ago

    Frameworks are more expensive than simply upgrading to a newer laptop

    They’re absolutely not.

    can’t imagine with the rampocalypse that they easily survive

    Being that you can and have been able to buy them without RAM or storage, I’d say they’re better-positioned than anyone.

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      18 hours ago

      Umm, not sure if you have seen Framework’s prices.

      The current 13in with a weak intel processor is $1850 (and you can’t get it until October). To buy an equivalent Dell? Around $1,000 and you can get it tomorrow. The upgrade cost for the motherboard (say you want to switch to AMD), will cost you $900. For that $3k you can buy 3 Dells all with ram and storage.

      And no, they aren’t positioned well without RAM as their newer ones use LPCAMM2. You don’t have that just lying around.

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        16 hours ago

        The current 13in with a weak intel processor is $1850

        Is not at all a weak processor. Intel currently makes the best x86 mobile processors on the market. The entire point is that you don’t have to buy a whole new computer when you upgrade. You just get an updated motherboard and slap it into the existing chassis.

        The upgrade cost for the motherboard (say you want to switch to AMD), will cost you $900. For that $3k you can buy 3 Dells all with ram and storage.

        And all 3 will be outdated when it comes time to upgrade. And they’ll all be shittier than the Framework.

        they aren’t positioned well without RAM as their newer ones use LPCAMM2

        That is 1 of 5 computers they sell.