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The mainboards typically cost as much as a new laptop. What really excites me is the prospect of 3rd party mainboards and other components. This ecosystem is s

The mainboards typically cost as much as a new laptop. What really excites me is the prospect of 3rd party mainboards and other components. This ecosystem is still just getting started though. It seems like this is the beta product, I'll wait for the finished one.

kllrnohj 10mo ago
They don't? Ryzen 340 mainboard: $450 https://frame.work/products/mainboard-amd-ai300?v=FRANTE0005 https://frame.work/products/mainboard-amd-ai300?v=FRANTE0005 Ryzen 340 laptop: $1100 https://frame.work/products/laptop13-amd-ai300/configuration/new https://frame.work/products/laptop13-amd-ai300/configuration... Yeah it's certainly the single most expensive component, but it's still cheaper than a whole new laptop and, more to the point, less waste than a whole new laptop
- 999900000999 10mo ago
  Your comparing Framework to itself. https://slickdeals.net/f/18984394-hp-omnibook-5-16-fhd-ips-ryzen-ai-7-350-16gb-lpddr5-512gb-ssd-439?src=category_page https://slickdeals.net/f/18984394-hp-omnibook-5-16-fhd-ips-r... HP OmniBook 5 16 with an Ryzen 350 for 439$. This is actually less than the framework mainboard for a full laptop with a better processor. This actually
  - ThePowerOfFuet 10mo ago
    But the rest of that machine is hot garbage.
    - 999900000999 10mo ago
      I don't see any clear issues with it. I brought my friend an HP because their PC wasn't booting for someone reason and it's more than enough. If we really want to compare, I bet a refurbished Thinkpad would probably be about the same price as the typical Framework mainboard of similar performance. If you like framework, thats great, but it's not really about saving money.
      - kllrnohj 10mo ago
        > If we really want to compare, I bet a refurbished Thinkpad would probably be about the same price as the typical Framework mainboard of similar performance. And a used laptop is cheaper still! Which is all entirely irrelevant to the original point and the goal posts aren't even in view anymore. Finding cheaper products that aren't equivalent isn't exactly hard. If the singular thing you want is CPU performance then a laptop is a bad idea in the first place.
OJFord 10mo ago
No they don't, they start at a few hundred. They'd all be an upgrade for my bought-at-launch £750/800ish Framework 13. An upgrade like that does mean I need new (DDR5) RAM too though, which tightens the gap a bit (or a byte, at the moment).

kllrnohj 10mo ago

They don't? Ryzen 340 mainboard: $450 https://frame.work/products/mainboard-amd-ai300?v=FRANTE0005 https://frame.work/products/mainboard-amd-ai300?v=FRANTE0005 Ryzen 340 laptop: $1100 https://frame.work/products/laptop13-amd-ai300/configuration/new https://frame.work/products/laptop13-amd-ai300/configuration... Yeah it's certainly the single most expensive component, but it's still cheaper than a whole new laptop and, more to the point, less waste than a whole new laptop

999900000999 10mo ago
Your comparing Framework to itself. https://slickdeals.net/f/18984394-hp-omnibook-5-16-fhd-ips-ryzen-ai-7-350-16gb-lpddr5-512gb-ssd-439?src=category_page https://slickdeals.net/f/18984394-hp-omnibook-5-16-fhd-ips-r... HP OmniBook 5 16 with an Ryzen 350 for 439$. This is actually less than the framework mainboard for a full laptop with a better processor. This actually
- ThePowerOfFuet 10mo ago
  But the rest of that machine is hot garbage.
  - 999900000999 10mo ago
    I don't see any clear issues with it. I brought my friend an HP because their PC wasn't booting for someone reason and it's more than enough. If we really want to compare, I bet a refurbished Thinkpad would probably be about the same price as the typical Framework mainboard of similar performance. If you like framework, thats great, but it's not really about saving money.
    - kllrnohj 10mo ago
      > If we really want to compare, I bet a refurbished Thinkpad would probably be about the same price as the typical Framework mainboard of similar performance. And a used laptop is cheaper still! Which is all entirely irrelevant to the original point and the goal posts aren't even in view anymore. Finding cheaper products that aren't equivalent isn't exactly hard. If the singular thing you want is CPU performance then a laptop is a bad idea in the first place.

OJFord 10mo ago

No they don't, they start at a few hundred. They'd all be an upgrade for my bought-at-launch £750/800ish Framework 13. An upgrade like that does mean I need new (DDR5) RAM too though, which tightens the gap a bit (or a byte, at the moment).