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Everything that isn’t a MacBook will be more expensive than a MacBook, so you should choose a price you want to spend and then evaluate if you prefer a Framewor

Everything that isn’t a MacBook will be more expensive than a MacBook, so you should choose a price you want to spend and then evaluate if you prefer a Framework or a Mac at that price point. If your available spending power is too low for a Framework, you’re not getting a Framework — and, separately, if you want a Framework for some reason specific to the Framework and can afford one, then the price of a Mac isn’t relevant unless a Mac can satisfy that same reason.

angulardragon03 6mo ago
> Everything that isn’t a MacBook will be more expensive than a MacBook Unrelated, but never thought I’d see this kind of sentiment
- pdpi 6mo ago
  It's specifically aimed at Framework, though, not PCs in general. Framework is very much a premium brand (where the premium experience is centred on repairability/upgradeability), and don't have the economies of scale Apple do. It's natural that they'd end up being more expensive.
  - altairprime 6mo ago
    > not PCs in general Yeah, I’m assuming just the one of the various tiers here that’s in the same bucket as MacBooks, and that we’re generally talking devices that are specialty-capable; such as media production or Linux development or gaming or what have you. If you lump the entire “portable screen bigger than nine? inches and with an in-box physical keyboard and pointer controller” market together, you’ll disregard ‘glorified word processors’ that cost a couple hundred bucks (before the RAM underproduction grift) in their own specialty niche. Framework isn’t competing there, right? (I could have missed something..)
stetrain 6mo ago
> Everything that isn’t a MacBook will be more expensive than a MacBook Imagine telling this to someone in 2010 or 2015.
- altairprime 6mo ago
  No one was willing to hear it back then, but some guy named Buffett knew what was up :)
- Schiendelman 6mo ago
  It was 2012 when I realized a midrange Macbook (not Pro or Air) was actually cost competitive with my PC laptop, and switched. There have been some configurations since then!
- thebruce87m 6mo ago
  Back then I’d probably tell you how they hold their value and were cheaper in the long run anyway.

angulardragon03 6mo ago

> Everything that isn’t a MacBook will be more expensive than a MacBook Unrelated, but never thought I’d see this kind of sentiment

pdpi 6mo ago
It's specifically aimed at Framework, though, not PCs in general. Framework is very much a premium brand (where the premium experience is centred on repairability/upgradeability), and don't have the economies of scale Apple do. It's natural that they'd end up being more expensive.
- altairprime 6mo ago
  > not PCs in general Yeah, I’m assuming just the one of the various tiers here that’s in the same bucket as MacBooks, and that we’re generally talking devices that are specialty-capable; such as media production or Linux development or gaming or what have you. If you lump the entire “portable screen bigger than nine? inches and with an in-box physical keyboard and pointer controller” market together, you’ll disregard ‘glorified word processors’ that cost a couple hundred bucks (before the RAM underproduction grift) in their own specialty niche. Framework isn’t competing there, right? (I could have missed something..)

stetrain 6mo ago

> Everything that isn’t a MacBook will be more expensive than a MacBook Imagine telling this to someone in 2010 or 2015.

altairprime 6mo ago
No one was willing to hear it back then, but some guy named Buffett knew what was up :)
Schiendelman 6mo ago
It was 2012 when I realized a midrange Macbook (not Pro or Air) was actually cost competitive with my PC laptop, and switched. There have been some configurations since then!
thebruce87m 6mo ago
Back then I’d probably tell you how they hold their value and were cheaper in the long run anyway.