PRICE Performance Pro with graphics, £1,791 (£2,149 inc VAT) from frame.work
The Framework Laptop 16 defies categorisation. It’s a gaming laptop, unless you decide not to choose discrete graphics, in which case it’s a productivity workhorse.
Even then you have decisions to make. Which keyboard? Should you choose a number pad? Perhaps an RGB macro pad? What about spacers, ports, storage? This is simply the most customisable laptop I’ve seen.
There are two drawbacks, starting with the price. But all the various input options, expansion choices and graphics swaps make specifying the Framework Laptop 16 a complicated matter. For PC Pro readers familiar with the inner workings of PCs this won’t be a problem, but Framework is hitting the point where you need a degree of expertise or you could make a costly mistake.
■ Start with the basics
As always with Framework, you can either build
