> So, in theory, could the Framework laptop rival Apple?

Yes in theory.

Btw it seems that Framework has open sourced their embedded driver firmware source code:

- https://frame.work/it/en/blog/open-sourcing-our-firmware

- https://github.com/FrameworkComputer/EmbeddedController

So again, in theory there could be a much better hardware/software (linux) integration.

Not sure if there is anybody actually modding that firmware (would be cool to know).