$4k! Wow!!
don’t think I’ve ever paid more than $1000 for a laptop. My last 3 or 4 were from eBay and span almost 20 years.
For Framework however it seems best to buy it DIY direct. But I would bring my own NVMe and memory.
But ultimately Framework couldn’t beat the sub $800 I paid for my T14s. Which I plan to keep for another 6 or 8 years at least, lol.
Edit: Here’s how I would configure:
Then add my own 1 TB NVMe + 32 GB memory.