I am daily driving my 11th gen (i7-1165G7) Framework laptop today. In fact I’m writing you this message from that very laptop. I use this laptop for most everything, and I’m a software engineer that likes to do compile-y and Rust-y things on a regular basis. This laptop is absolutely usable as a “modern laptop”, at least by my definition of a “modern laptop”, which I appreciate could be considered a rather subjective term
I expect this laptop to remain “modern” for at least another 2-3 years by most peoples’ standards, and probably another 2-3 years beyond that.
I see your point and concern though, and this is why I think it’d be great to get some kind of temperature test from Framework officially. If 11th gen is in fact their most sold unit (which I suspect to be the case), then ensuring that coreboot is available for that generation ensures that it’s available for the most number of potential candidates.
There’s lots of different ways to view this whole thing, though. You might care about coreboot because you’re buying a new laptop. You might care about coreboot because you’re buying an old laptop.
For example, let’s say 2 years from now 11th gen is well and truly out of manufacture and Framework (the company) have their hands full supporting 2-3 generations of Framework 16, and 5+ generations (both Intel and AMD) of Framework 13. It seems less likely that Framework will have the appetite or bandwidth to ensure security updates and further QoL improvements are made available (in a timely fashion) for the older generations.