Framework Desktop is a mash-up of a regular desktop PC and the Mac Studio

Re:Framework Desktop is a mash-up of a regular desktop PC an... by grumpyinfosec on Thursday August 07, 2025 @03:58PM (#44829599)

i don't really get the point of this? Its a ITX motherboard with a moible chip. I could buy a itx board and a desktop chip for less. Or get a miniPC with the same chip for even less.

They are trying to disrupt building a PC, which was already modular and easy to upgrade, with a 1000+$ motherboard with soldered RAM?

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Re:Framework Desktop is a mash-up of a regular desktop PC an... by saurik on Thursday August 07, 2025 @04:09PM (#44829729)

A big part of this device seems to be trying to provide the memory bandwidth needed for high-performance local LLM inference, in a package that is more designed to be controlled by the user than the Apple Mac Mini/Studio that have so far been the best for such work.

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Re:Framework Desktop is a mash-up of a regular desktop PC an... by thisislife2 on Friday August 08, 2025 @12:09AM (#44833314)

I doubt if Apple CPUs / GPUs outperform AMD CPUs and GPUs but yes, there have been a lot of these "AI" mini-PCs suddenly mushrooming everywhere - https://www.gmktec.com/products/amd-ryzen™-ai-max-395-evo-x2... ...

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Re:Framework Desktop is a mash-up of a regular desktop PC an... by ktallett on Friday August 08, 2025 @06:19PM (#44842274)

I question the term best fit. Do you mean best fit within an off the shelf pre built device?

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