All of these oold copy protections were so annoying. Some would just give you a page number from the manual and ask for the fifth word. Some AD&D games came with a decoder wheel with elvish runes n shit (looking at your Pool of Radiance!). At least the decoder wheel was fun to throw around at your friends.

I mean, I did the same, but I’ve tried a few now from reputable brands and they keep timing out or just not working properly until I reboot.

It was an HP Elitebook with 64GB of ram and 1TB nvme drive for $800 (it had stacked discounts at the time). The price then shot up a month later to twice that, so I can’t really regret it based on the current ram price insanity. Still, my coworker just got a framework a few months ago and I can’t help feeling jealous. I am mostly annoyed by the lack of built in ethernet port, fuck wifi.

I wanted a Framework when I was pricing out a new work laptop, but at the time it was going to be months before they’d have what I wanted ready for shipping and I couldn’t wait that long. I ended up getting a crazy good deal on a laptop with 64GB of ram. That being said, I still wish I had a Framework compared to this thing.