💻My experience with the Framework 13!⚙️

Now decidedly - not wanting to ever have to experience that again, I decided that I would choose a laptop that had repair-ability as its forefront. As an engineer who regularly visits areas where things have a tendency to fall and break, having the ability to fix whatever I damage is huge. Furthermore as my degree has progressed, the technical requirements for my machine have also expanded - when I first started college, I really only needed my IPad for the majority of my assignments - but then moving into my junior year , you have me trying to run 3D Modelling software like solid-works alongside my browser and a virtual machine for Linux that I use for my computer science courses. Simply put my old machine was screaming for mercy 😭.

So why did I choose Framework?

Believe it or not - they were actually the cheapest option for what I personally wanted out of a machine. Repairable design, modular elements as well as a great screen on top of modifiable ports were all huge for me. Another big thing was a hands on approach to ensuring a minimal windows experience as well. I can't express in words how annoying it is for a utility needed to make your machine function being exclusively available from a single app designed by the OEM. This has a whole bunch of draw backs - from potential privacy concerns to ethical/moral objections to the company that designed your machine in the first place - regardless Framework offered incredible driver support, an easy update process and incredible - and I mean EXCEPTIONAL Linux support. Although I do not use Linux as my daily driver - having it available as an option is huge. For example - if my sibling decides to buy a laptop he can now also get a framework 13, without a core inside, and just use my old one - saving him an incredible amount of money- and reducing my e-waste.  There is also the ability to place the motherboard in its own enclosure and then use it as a little desktop - which I think using it as a Bazzite machine for watching media on your TV would be amazing! Regardless the software support, alongside the open source hardware choices make this laptop an easy choice.

It becomes even easier to choose when you realize you can fully modify the RAM as well as the SSD inside the machine as well. I saved in excess of 200+$ on the most modern and fastest memory and storage. It honestly does reveal a dark portion of the laptop industry seeing how high part manufacturers and OEMS drive prices for memory and storage upgrades *COUGH* Apple *COUGH*. 

In the end - this machine has served me fantastically and I look forward to finishing this degree with it, and moving on to industry with it as well!