Just got my 13 with the 7840 and I’m realizing that even the integrated GPU is more powerful than the one in my old PC, which has an i7 4790k and a GTX 970.

Is there any reason I shouldn’t just sell that relic and just run the Framework docked at home? I lose a little desk space, but I’m failing to see why I should keep using this desktop.

  • Delphius1BEnglish
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    10 months ago

    No reason why it can’t be your only PC, but if something dies in your laptop, you would be SOL until you fix it

  • Dangerous_Way816BEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I use my FW as my whole setup as well. I have a tower PC but I’m only using that for heavy tasks. That’s because I need to work on the go and don’t want to move files all the time.

  • cassepipeBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I do

    I am not a heavy gamer but I am a programmer.

  • madchemist09BEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I am looking at selling my desktop as well. If you were looking at power gaming or more gpu power amd does support usb4 and could use an egpu. Gpd makes the g1 portable epgu but is not upgradable. Maybe someday framework will bring a dpgu system to 13 like they have for the 16.

  • Fragrant_Hour987BEnglish
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    10 months ago

    No, you are not missing much. Just make sure to get a thunderbolt/USB4 dock to get more ports than the framework could provide

  • wordfoolBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    The only reason to have a desktop PC these days IMO is if you need something very powerful (for gaming, video editing, CAD etc.), otherwise laptops today can generally have plenty of power for most people.

    So, yes, I’d just buy a dock for your FW and use that. Also worth getting a laptop stand to improve airflow around the case just in case things get toasty.