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First post, by DosFreak

Posted on 2024-01-24, 03:28

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https://frame.work/products/laptop16-diy-amd-7040
https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/framewor … aptop-16-review

Costs a bit but may save you some money down the road if you keep your laptops a long time and use the old parts between laptops or a case for them and may save on repair costs.
Don't really care about gaming performance. Gaming should be done on a PC with a monitor, any gaming done on a laptop should be older games with lower resolutions if you must game on it. You're just throwing money away for a gaming laptop. Nice thing here is you can just swap it out if you decide you do or don't want it.

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Reply 1 of 7, by Ensign Nemo

Posted on 2024-01-24, 03:51

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Has this company been around for awhile? I'd be concerned about being able to source parts in the future if needed.

Reply 2 of 7, by konc

Posted on 2024-01-24, 07:46

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I love the idea, but a basic configuration costs around 2K. I'm curious if they manage to sell enough to survive.

Reply 3 of 7, by mtest001

Posted on 2024-01-24, 08:03

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Who needs a numpad on a laptop...

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Reply 4 of 7, by wierd_w

Posted on 2024-01-24, 08:26

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mtest001 wrote on 2024-01-24, 08:03:

Who needs a numpad on a laptop...

Quite a few games make use of the numpad!

As for actual work-cases, the 10-key entry capability is VERY handy for fast number input. If you've ever gotten used to having a 10-key, you wont want to live without it.

Reply 5 of 7, by PD2JK

Posted on 2024-01-24, 10:36

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mtest001 wrote on 2024-01-24, 08:03:

Who needs a numpad on a laptop...

My fingers can find most numbers on the top row blind because of the special characters. But when typing in IP adresses (IPv4) a numpad is a tad faster in my experience.

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Reply 6 of 7, by Pino

Posted on 2024-01-24, 15:55

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Meh, it's not $2k cool, you can buy a similar speced notebook now for $1k and save $1k to buy another one down the road.

Reply 7 of 7, by Jasin Natael

Posted on 2024-01-24, 17:22

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Pino wrote on 2024-01-24, 15:55:

Meh, it's not $2k cool, you can buy a similar speced notebook now for $1k and save $1k to buy another one down the road.

Pretty much my thoughts.
It's a great idea but at this point it's cost prohibitive.

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