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No microsoft products. No Bloatware, no spyware. Can be configured, reconfigured, and upgraded whenever you want.

My current clevo laptop is on it's third charging port now and starting to act up again. I am sick of messing with it. The hard drives are compatible with the DIY Framework laptop so I should be able to just put them in there and start it up. I'm sure it will run like crap for a bit until I get all the settings tweaked to the new hardware but that should not be too difficult (hopefully).

I'm about to pull the trigger unless someone smarter than me has a better idea. Looking at you and anyone else who cares to chime in!!

No microsoft products. No Bloatware, no spyware. Can be configured, reconfigured, and upgraded whenever you want. My current clevo laptop is on it's third charging port now and starting to act up again. I am sick of messing with it. The hard drives are compatible with the DIY Framework laptop so I should be able to just put them in there and start it up. I'm sure it will run like crap for a bit until I get all the settings tweaked to the new hardware but that should not be too difficult (hopefully). I'm about to pull the trigger unless someone smarter than me has a better idea. Looking at you @Level101 @stupidbird @AOU and anyone else who cares to chime in!!
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The short version is "yes". The long version is "maybe".

Though, its been a fact of life for intel and amd for at least a decade at this point if not even more (I think IME came out in the early 2000's).

The only real solutions against the bullshit is to have very strict network security and blocking inbound/outbound traffic and never putting the computer to sleep and shutting it down every time you are no longer using it (cold boot attacks exist but fully shutting down makes them harder). Oh, you should also make sure the network and power cables are disconnected. I know it sounds stupid/paranoid but it's not. There are a LOT of even college level projects that have exploited "offline" systems.

Can you tell what I spend much of my not-so-free time on?