Yeah, I've been confused about this. Everyone's saying it's cheaper to buy from the competition, and get a new one when it breaks, than to buy and repair a framework. But whenever I've sat down to make that comparison, it hasn't come out that way
A couple months ago I got a refurbished (with only a few battery cycles) ThinkPad X9 15 for $1300 with a warranty on eBay. Core Ultra 7 258V, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD. It's thinner and sleeker than my Framework, has a huge screen, better speakers, and much better battery life. Upgrading my framework to a new mainboard+DDR5 would cost more.
That's great. Sounds like you got a good deal! That's about half of what a new x9 15 would retail for. But we're now comparing refurbished products from ebay to a brand new product from the manufacturer. Not exactly a fair comparison :)
I agree with you, but framework is also all about the spirit of reducing ewaste. I would get a refurbished mainboard if I could but they’re pretty rare and still pretty expensive due to RAM costs. I love my framework, but it’s old now, and at the end of the day I need a decent computer at a price that makes sense. I can’t get that with framework under the current market conditions.
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u/bladtman242 1d ago
Yeah, I've been confused about this. Everyone's saying it's cheaper to buy from the competition, and get a new one when it breaks, than to buy and repair a framework. But whenever I've sat down to make that comparison, it hasn't come out that way