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I have a framework 12th gen. It's great. Fantastic build quality and when I want to upgrade, I don't need a whole new laptop, just the necessary internal components. I can even switch to AMD!
Coreboot is cool, and I can't wait to see the new system76 laptop that is being built in-house, but until that comes out, I don't think I would ever consider the current lineup of system76 computers.
My main motivations are repairability, upgradability, and specificity of components, and system76 just doesn't offer that. They don't tell you what ram or SSD models go into your laptop, they don't sell replacement parts, and there is no upgrade path.
https://tech-docs.system76.com/models/addw3/README.html
I'm pretty sure if you wanted to know more they'd tell you. System76 supports the right to repair, although their Laptops are probably not as easy to repair as a Framework.
I want to know on the purchase page what exactly is going into my laptop, I want to easily be able to purchase replacement parts from a catalog of in-stock components, and I want documentation for repairs and replacements.
Virgo will get motherboard upgrades.
I believe that they want to, but that laptop isn't available yet, and it would be the first example of something like that from them, so I'll wait until they produce a second generation of it to recommend to people.