Framework 13 Pro vs 13
hello there. i’m a first year physics student and i’m considering to buy a new laptop, since i have several old laptops, but they are so inconvenient(heavy, barely any battery life and so on. i used to buy old laptops and repair them on my own). so i was looking for something light, which i can bring somewhere to work.
first i was considering a macbook, because it is community standard, but it lacks customisation, because i like tinkering hardware and rice set up on linux. so when i get to know about framework, it seemed a perfect laptop for me. mainly i use laptop for coding, textbooks and pretty lightweight work. i’m planning to build a computation server later for heavy work, but for now i simply don’t need it and i’m pretty tight on money. thus framework laptops are pretty serious purchases.
considering all of this, i wanted to ask your opinion on these laptops. i really don’t know if i should spend more money and buy 13 Pro, or it will be enough for me with 13. in addition i don’t like at all the idea of touchscreen, and i didn’t found any info if you can configure 13 pro without it. and overall if i understood properly one of the main advantages of 13 pro is framework’s collaboration with intel, but i myself am more a fun of amd, so is 13 pro really worth it, or 13 is still a solid option for 2026?