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stories and musings from a techy Dad

A few months back I posted my musings on how much AMD technology exists in my house. Since then I've recieved my Framework 16 and upgraded the kids PCs, giving my wife's PC a slight spec bump along the way.

  • My Wife's PC was upgraded from an AMD 5600X to an AMD 5700X
  • With my wife's "old" CPU...

On the 15th of September 2023, I threw caution to the wind. I put my money down for two pre-orders. One was the AMD variant of the Framework 13 laptop, which I've spoken about before. The other was the Framework 16.

While the Framework 13 was something of a safe bet - Framework had released 3 ge...

The night after I posted my last article, I was brushing my teeth on the way to bed and thinking about what I'd written. I was thinking about the recent transitions of hardware in my home and came to realise there has been something of a revolution. From a landscape that was entirely dominated by...

Build Your Own Device

This isn't a full review of the Framework 13. There are plenty of those out there. Rather this is a story telling of my experience.

I started sketching out this post back in December 2023. I was part of the Framework 13 AMD pre-order and I finally had my laptop in my hands...