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System76 or Framework laptop?
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this post was submitted on 19 Jul 2023
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I don't get the hype of paying a premium for these laptops over just doing the research required to make sure you get one that will work fine with Linux instead, for much less.
A modularized laptop is cool but how often are you really going to want to mess with a laptop once it's working anyway?
I pre-ordered the 13" AMD, and here's my 2 cents: In 2013 I bought a MacBook Air. The i7 version was pretty decent for dev, and it had all the other ultrabook niceties (small, light, all day battery, etc). I was still happily using it in 2020, though it was starting to show it's age. In 2023, Apple still makes MacBook Airs in the same form factor. They look almost identical. Several thousand days of active use mine is practically still in mint condition too. If I could pay 2/3rds the price of a new one to upgrade the internals+screen I would totally have done that! I don't expect to change out the modular IO much, but it is nice that I have the option to get an SD card reader or to choose the port layout to match my desk. I've also got what I need to make a magnetic charging adapter for it, so that's awfully nice. So is it worth the extra cost? Maybe not, but I'm an idealist sometimes, and I like their ideals.