Last year you could buy a AI Max 395+ with 128G for 2.5k, now it's almost $4k.
Or maybe you're right, I originally remembered 2k as well. I wanted to wait for the AI Max 395+ upgrade of my laptop, and now it makes no sense to upgrade.
Or maybe you're right, I originally remembered 2k as well. I wanted to wait for the AI Max 395+ upgrade of my laptop, and now it makes no sense to upgrade.
Only if you pay the Framework premium.
https://www.bosgamepc.com/products/bosgame-m5-ai-mini-deskto...
I don't have access to the USD price, but it's 2500€ (tax included), up from 1600€ in November when I ordered mine.
(Also no nazi bar)
[Tangent: all my life I've been downvoted into a smoking hole in the ground, particularly on reddit r/hardware, for questioning the wisdom of laptops for high performance computing, including gaming. Everyone insists they need the mobility, and then just leave it plugged in the whole time, absolutely refusing to admit it's about aesthetic preference.]
With the laptop you probably won't get silent operation at the peak 100-140w, i.e. you've now massively overpaid for lower performance.
The ones I've seen on aliexpress are from unknown Chinese vendors.
I was also a bit wary about Bosgame but TBH they've been great and the machine is rock solid, if a little noisier than and not as pretty as the FD. You can just buy from them directly and be fine, best computer deal out there by a mile.
I've also got a Beelink minipc, which also had some issues, and the unknown Chineese vendor did respond meaningfully to support email, and created a BIOS update in ~2 weeks after a driver update surfaced a firmware bug.
I'd recommend skipping ASUS. Lenovo may be fine.
Honestly I think this is just a bad time to be buying hardware - everything is marked up an insane amount that doesn't really make sense.
It's like you are advocating for a public transport instead of a personal car but when questioned how to get to a place which is not erviced by a public network your solution is to rent a bus.