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The original was posted on /r/framework by /u/SamSike2K2 on 2025-01-14 00:06:07+00:00.

I’ve recently started a Paid Internship, which means this is my first real “job” that I am making decent money from.

My current laptop is an HP Pavilion Power 15 from 2018 that used an Intel 7700HQ CPU, GTX 1050 and I’m done dealing with its issues over the years.

My final semester of uni starts in March and I’m hoping to buy myself a Framework 13 before then, preferably one that I can use on the go, sit on a garden with somewhere and do stuff etc which is not an experience I’ve had so far because my laptpp had a max 2 hr battery life even right after a battery change.

This will be the first (and hopefully final) laptop I buy with my own hard earned cash.

My question is, should I wait around hoping for a new mainboard to come out, or get the AMD 7640? I’m open to Intel, but I think I remember the AMD one being more power efficient and mostly better in general.

I am pursuing a Masters in Software Engineering so my laptop should be able to keep up in computation power as well. (Also maybe some slight gaming so I want to get the 2.8k display. I do have a PC so this is not a gamechanger)