Comment by echelon
14 days ago
I don't understand Framework's desktop offerings. For laptops their open approach makes sense, but desktops are already about as hackable and DIY as they come.
14 days ago
I don't understand Framework's desktop offerings. For laptops their open approach makes sense, but desktops are already about as hackable and DIY as they come.
We took the Ryzen AI Max, which is nominally a high-end laptop processor, and built it into a standard PC form factor (Mini-ITX). It’s a more open/extensible mini PC using mobile technology.
I love the look of it and if I were in the market right now it would be high on the list, but I do understand the confusion here - is it just a cool product you wanted to make or does it somehow link to what I assumed your mission was - to reduce e-waste?
A big part of our mission is accessibility and consumer empowerment. We were able to build a smaller/simpler PC for gamers new to it that still leverages PC standards, and the processor we used also makes local interference of large models more accessible to people who want to tinker with them.
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And given that some people are afraid of malicious software in some brands of mini-PCs on the market, to have some more trusted product around will also be an asset.
Lenovo backdoors as preinstalled software, including their own TLS certificate authorities.
Name whom you're referring to every time!
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It’s an x86 PC with unified RAM based on AMD’s new AI cpus. Pretty unique offering. Similar to Mac studio but you can run Linux or Windows on it, and it’s cheaper too.
It's a lot slower than a Mac Studio. Significantly slower CPU, GPU, memory bandwidth.
interesting to know, thanks. any link to some concrete benchmarks to share?
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