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Framework Laptop 12 review: Repairable budget option faces premium competition

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The Framework Laptop 12, powered by Intel's Wildcat Lake, offers a repairable and customizable design, particularly appealing to students. While it provides decent performance and a lower starting price for DIY configurations, its overall cost can exceed competitors like Apple's MacBook Neo and Dell's XPS 13 when fully equipped. The laptop features a middling 1080p display and a poor-quality webcam, and its portability, while good, doesn't match the thinner and lighter profiles of some rivals. AI

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Framework Laptop 12 review: Repairable budget option faces premium competition

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  1. Tom's Hardware TIER_1 English(EN) · Jake Roach ·

    Framework Laptop 12 (Wildcat Lake) review: Growing up amid an unprecedented shortage

    The Framework Laptop 12 gets an infusion of 18A with Intel’s Wildcat Lake, but the poor display performance is a tough sell when prices often reach above $1,000.

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