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Foofoobar12345 8 days ago

We use about 50 frameworks in our company. They are solid, and I would recommend them, assuming you dont want a MacBook. IMO they are the best laptops for engineers who want to use Windows or Linux. In fact, I find them to be the least repulsive Windows laptop. The keyboard in particular is very satisfying to use.

The AMD ones are fast and have good battery efficiency, but unfortunately we've measured higher failure rates on AMD mainboards and matte displays compared to the Intel frameworks. That said, I'd still recommend the AMD frameworks. Haven't tried the latest Intel Core Ultra Series yet. Another downside on the AMD laptops is the 4 USB ports aren't equal - 2 are USB4 and 3 can drive a display, and some use up higher power. On Intel, all 4 ports are TB4/USB4 and function the same.

Main advantage of framework is we end up doing more frequent upgrades that cost us less, since we just need to replace mainboard or RAM - most engineers in our company get upgraded yearly, and we recycle the older mainboards into desktops (by putting them into a 3D-printed chassis) for non-tech shift workers. Also if parts break out of warranty - displays, keyboards, etc, cheap enough to fix that it doesnt bother us.

Main complaint I have is with warranty replacements - they really make you jump through a lot of hoops (they ask for a lot of photos/videos multiple times which involves opening up the chassis multiple times) before they accept fault and ship a replacement. Basically they're getting you to do the debugging for them so they can send a replacement for just the affected part, instead of you needing to ship out the entire laptop to get it repaired. On the plus side, you dont need to ship the entire laptop to them if something small is busted.