I feel like you have to review new laptops (and the Steam Machine, for that matter) without considering the price these days. Normally, specs without a price means nothing, but no new releases in the space are going to be worth the cost.
Where this is more interesting, in my opinion, is compatibility with the older Framework 13. If you can buy the individual components from the pro variant that you want, it might be possible to upgrade without draining your bank account. Avoiding the LPCAMM2 modules seems like the best way to do that, which unfortunately means skipping on the mainboard (and processor).
Hopefully we see prices drop sometime soon. I think at a lower price, it’d be worth considering. At the current price, very few computers are worth buying.
You can fully upgrade the original 13. Some components have to be upgraded together, like the new keyboard and new battery because they have both changed dimensions. I’ve just put the new screen in my 13, and it’s MUCH better than the original screen the 13 came with, so I’m very happy with that.
I feel like you have to review new laptops (and the Steam Machine, for that matter) without considering the price these days. Normally, specs without a price means nothing, but no new releases in the space are going to be worth the cost.
Where this is more interesting, in my opinion, is compatibility with the older Framework 13. If you can buy the individual components from the pro variant that you want, it might be possible to upgrade without draining your bank account. Avoiding the LPCAMM2 modules seems like the best way to do that, which unfortunately means skipping on the mainboard (and processor).
Hopefully we see prices drop sometime soon. I think at a lower price, it’d be worth considering. At the current price, very few computers are worth buying.
You can fully upgrade the original 13. Some components have to be upgraded together, like the new keyboard and new battery because they have both changed dimensions. I’ve just put the new screen in my 13, and it’s MUCH better than the original screen the 13 came with, so I’m very happy with that.
You can, if you can afford it. Most people can’t afford, let alone find, LPCAMM2 memory. This, of course, includes Framework.