I was considering such a device since surely those huge vents meant good thermals, right? Glad I didn't go for it.

With the ASUS I had a setup with a cooling pad where the metal grid cover was removed and the sides were sealed with foam to enhance flow from the pad's fan and only with that I could maybe get 30-45min of gameplay until throttling started.

Meanwhile the Framework has overall much higher power consumption, but still manages to whoosh all that hot air out. I can't take these companies seriously if a much smaller business that is not focused squarely on gaming is running circles around them.

My mother rocks an M1 Air which she got for pennies and it's a great all around home computer.