Nvidia is also notoriously hard to work with as a manufacturer (rip evga) and has the worst linux support (and frameworks share of linux users is a lot higher than the general public).
I hope there is an nvidia option at some point but I doubt it’ll be the first. If the expansion bay form factor takes enough there may even be 3rd party models which would be neat and take some of the load off framework themselves (I am kinda worried they are stretching their small team a bit too thin if they make too much different stuff).
The intels actually look better than expected but they are still experimental and are pretty big chips for the performance, the price/performance comes from them adjusting the price. The few mobile implementations of arc were not good and the drivers have a long way to go.
Amd makes solid mobile gpus and framework already has a relationship with them so amd sounds like the obvious choice for a first option here.
Well yeah you won’t get the “Me want i7 and nvidia (then takes a i7 2600 + gtx 1050 over a i3 13100 and a rx 6600 because i7 and nvidia) crowd but they probably want something with more rgb anyway.”
(I am not getting a 16, too big but I find the expansion bay a fascinating idea I hope to succeed)