This Upgrade Completely Changed My Framework 16 [YouTube Release]

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Chapters
00:00 Framework 16 Ryzen AI 7 350 and RX 5070 Upgrade
01:24 Upgrade process
03:01 Performance
03:35 LLM testing with Ollama and Anything LLM
04:16 Gaming performance
04:49 Fan Noise
05:15 Running Linux
06:48 Durability and Upgradeability

Is it really worth the thousands of dollars? Especially considering M4 macbooks?

I love the concept, but I can’t get over the price to do what I want. 2.5k display, reasonable processor for Resolve and Affinity, light FreeCAD, and some Draw IO. But I also require Windows because I have some applications I need that are Windows only, and don’t run in a VM.

For me yes, but as I said in the video, all that modularity comes at a cost.