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by aurareturn 530 days ago
Be careful what people will write here. A lot will have buyer bias because they want to justify their purchase.
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jszymborski 530 days ago
That's an interesting point. I've often heard the inverse: to beware of reviews from those who receive items for free, as few products are bad propositions when there is no associated cost.
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mcny 530 days ago
It is easy to make any "logic" make sense with words like "if you build it, they will come" or "there are no bad products, only bad pricing" but the reality is that sometimes you can build the best product but if your customers don't know about it, they can't come to you. Also, there is such a thing as a bad product which is bad even for zero dollars because humans are the end of the day have a finite lifespan and at some point it isn't worth wasting my time with an Intel 14th gen processor because I don't want to gamble with the possibility of an RMA. Even if someone gave me a processor for free, there is a cost to my time and the rest of the computer which will sit idle as I wait for a replacement.

I guess the point is I don't know which if the two above is correct. I know sometimes I have biases that even I'm not aware of though...

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LaGrange 530 days ago
There’s a massive difference between using limited funds to buy your daily driver, and buying a product specifically for the purposes of a review.
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tcandens 530 days ago
As an Framework owner this is something that nagged at me for a while. Am I justifying this cool novel and engadging thing over something else that is turn-key and objectively much better in several popular metrics?

Im lucky enough I was able to also get a later M1 13" to compare against the Framework 14". The MacBook is still an absolute marvel, and will outperform the PC in almost all metrics most noticeably in battery/heat. But many small things bring me back the the Framework even considering that gap. The size of the framework 14" is incidentally _perfect_ for me, keyboard and display. The MacBook gives me serious RSI. Linux over OSX (yes, asahi Linux exists and has come a long way but did not meet my needs). And having monstrous amounts of ram and hd compared to the MacBook... most of my workload is bound by memory and storage and the CPU very much works "well enough". And overall customizability and longevity clenches.

edit: sorry, but that is a great point. by the nature of it often needing some troubleshooting/intervention, it's going to encourage a very precious attitude. So, it's still very much a niche thing so if you more value cpu, battery, and things mostly just work and can live with OSX, a MacBook can be much much better.

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