I got my FW13 AMD DIY Edition today, spent the morning setting it up, installing drivers and updates - it came earlier than FedEx said it would, which is a bonus. I was so nervous that I was going to find something in the build quality or the setup process which put me off and I’m so thrilled to say that I found nothing of the sort.
I’ve come from daily driving a MacBook Pro since 2014 and for the last couple of years I’ve been utterly sick and tired of Apple’s antics. I’ve had my 2019 MBP in for repair 4 times for a faulty keyboard, each time they had to replace the entire top case of the machine, just ludicrous. That said, Apple know how to make good feeling hardware. The Framework, whilst there are some compromises for the repairability aspect and the speakers aren’t great (but I knew this anyway, I never use them so it’s fine for me), it’s an excellent machine. I’m really looking forward to getting to grips with it more and I hope to never reach for my MacBook again so I can sell it and get it out of my house.
Super excited to join you folks! The wait since I ordered in June was so worth it.
TBH, I have M1 MBA for 3 years.
It’s extremely power efficient and performant enough for my tasks.
However, the reason I’m switching to FW 13 Ryzen is because future Macbooks will be more expensive with each new generation.
Not because Macbooks are bad or faulty, not to my experience anyway!