I'm not exactly living paycheck to paycheck and I support FOSS where I can.
But it's really hard to justify the cost of a Framework compared to a similarly priced Macbook =(
Yes, the Framework is updateable and repairable, but on the other hand I'm regularly daily driving 4-5 year old Macbooks with zero issues. Especially when the M-series dropped, the competition is just so far behind. Even more so when considering the ability to run local LLMs on a non-gaming laptop.
But it's really hard to justify the cost of a Framework compared to a similarly priced Macbook =(
Yes, the Framework is updateable and repairable, but on the other hand I'm regularly daily driving 4-5 year old Macbooks with zero issues. Especially when the M-series dropped, the competition is just so far behind. Even more so when considering the ability to run local LLMs on a non-gaming laptop.