I went with a Framework 16 and upped it to 48gb ram with the graphics extension. That thing is a powerhouse. I didn't get it for gaming, but for design work. Still, it can play anything out now on the highest settings and is fully modular so I'm planning to be buried with this thing.
ETA: I also went the Linux route and don't have any regrets.
I get they're stupid as shit. But I cannot fathom thinking that firing current employees after seeing record profits (which was a direct product of said employees) is a good idea. Fucking dipshits and grifters the lot of 'em!
Cat owners always ask how to train a cat to use the toilet. But one thing Youtube, Google, or any other search won't tell you is that this is one way NOT to train your cat to use the toilet.
I swear I have never heard a better name for them.