@26, no, it doesn't. Charge thresholds just allow you to tell the firmware/embedded controller "Hey, don't charge the battery if it would be beyond this percent" (obviously with 100 being the maximum). It in no way affects hibernation/sleep/charging/etc.

You can get upgrade kits and replacement boards at cheaper prices from the marketplace. The ability to replace or switch ports is also very useful. The nice thing about Framework is that you can buy the basic components to get a functional computer if your budget is low, then upgrade and expand over time. I agree the pre-built Framework is too expensive, and what you get for that money is horrible, hence why I recommend purchasing the parts and assembling it.

What's your ideal price range? Linux should run quite well on almost anything, as long as it isn't a total piece of junk. Stay away from Intel Pentium and Celeron machines.

Re; price: it's a return vs. investment thing. Sure, you can buy a cheap business laptop. The problem is, every time it starts going bad, before long you're gonna be buying a new laptop because you can't replace the parts on the one you've got. This means that, while you're paying less up front, you are paying more in the long term, which actually makes your financial situation worse.

Re; native Windows drivers: Believe me, you do not want a computer with "native Windows drivers". Pretty much any computer you can think of supports Windows just fine without special drivers. How do I know? I've had to fresh install Windows before, and you don't get those special drivers when doing a fresh install if you have to wipe the drive. Usually these "special drivers", best case scenario, give you features that are sort of cool, but you really don't need them. Worst case scenario, they're bloatware that only really serves to slow down the computer. Plus, I'm sure brand names probably install telemetry tools on their machines by default as well nowadays. At any rate, there's nothing stopping them. Microsoft does it, after all.

The problem with this point is that, I'm fairly certain most people on this forum, or at least most of the active members, are from North America or Europe. You're statement doesn't apply to them. Also, if Grace's accent from her Beat Star YT vid she posted on here about 2 weeks back is any indication, she's either from the US, Canada, or possibly New Zealand. Your statement wouldn't apply to her if she does live in any of these places.

@33
I ment in general, I didn't mean OP, if I mentioned OP in my message, that would mean I was directly talking to them, otherwise not.
also.

36, thing is, all laptops use the same components, CPU, GPU ram etc. What changes is the chassis and the keyboard etc. Any laptop that is higher end should last over five years.  I only had a low end  Toshiba die in less than four years.

Wait until 2027, at which point Apple will be forced to make the MacBook Air battery easily replaceable by the user. I'd also love to run Windows natively on Apple Silicon.

40, no disagreement there. Most users get the cheapest quality system and don't take into account a budget system comes with budget components and you get budget results with those.

I don't mean to sound rood in this following post, but budget is not an issue because I will most likely be trading in my gaming laptop, so getting some money back with that, and because I am still in high school, my parrents will help pay for some of the cost.
Also, if a cheep computer gives bad performence, I wonder why my razor blade 15, purchased 6 months ago, which is the laptop I am desperate to get rid of, lasts about 45 minutes off of a charger, has non working keyboard keys, is very slow, and has had 2 screws fall out?
I have done virus scans, tried Linux and Windows with similar results, and have taken good care of this laptop. I will always use it on a table or desk, and keep it in a protective case / pouch thing in my backpack, which only is on my back as I walk to and from school, and otherwize stays in one place?

@42
Yes, I second this.  If Apple ever bothers to really double down on making VO good as opposed to a thing that just kinda works, then I'd probably be all over it. But...and the further you are toward programmer the worse it gets, too.

@43
Guess I'll step in here.

Cheap stuff sucks. That doesn't mean expensive stuff is good.  My worst laptop was my $3000+ alienware back in 2013 or so, which I'll leave factoring in inflation as an exercise to the reader.  It was worse even than that time I went into the local electronics store and bought the first thing I put my hands on because the hurricane was coming.  True story--don't live in Florida, work remote, and only have a big tower.  Sets you up for fun when you realize you're about to not have reliable power for a couple weeks minimum.

Anything that sells itself as a gaming laptop seems to be where the shitshows are.  I did not know Razer even made laptops until today.  I avoid "gaming pcs" and the like myself.  They're like those expensive showoff cars that don't do anything special except make a nice roaring sound and cost a bazillion dollars.  The problem is that you can't ever tell why it costs what it does.  The laptop manufacturers don't have to fully disclose all of the components, indeed often you can't even buy half of them without literally buying the laptop anyway, and have the freedom to cut corners and put whatever price tag on it with no way for you to tell.

I've had two high-end Lenovos without issue if that's helpful. Ymmv and technically Legion is a gaming brand, but work bought it for me and it's been fine for the last 3+ years so eh.  I forget what the other one is, not technically gaming I think.

As for durability in general, honestly padded bags and stuff are great and all but just learning to handle this stuff like it is diamonds and also dynamite at the same time matters more.  I treat my stuff like it's fine china.  The padded bags and stuff, they just make up for mistakes after the fact.  If you think that you need to be that concerned, better to hold it in your off hand rather than let it be on your back, because at least then you know what it's doing.  Still, I've just put mine in backpacks and gone on about my day forever, did all of college that way, no issue.  It's more about things like getting in the habit of putting it down gently and not  jerking the bag around and stuff than anything.  Still, if screws were coming out then either someone dropped it or you just got super unlucky.

To be a bit more concrete, usually the most expensive laptops--the "gaming laptop" or the "portable workstation"--will have horrible battery life because they're selling to people who don't mind cables.  That market wants something to go to their game meet or whatever, plop it down at the dinner table for 3 hours with their friends, etc.  If you just want something for school with reasonable battery life, I'd suggest looking toward the midrange and specifically seeking out reviews that cover it first.  You can also make custom Windows power plans if you haven't (for that matter make sure it's not on high performance, that could be half your problem).  Screen reader users can stretch it by turning the display brightness down to zero and stuff like that.

But do note that if you've only had this machine for 6 months and have treated it well, most places offer a warranty and they may just repair it for free, and then you may just not have a problem.

Unfortunately beyond general platitudes it's hard for me to give you good advice, and imo you should be suspicious of anyone else who claims to.  The laptop market changes stupidly fast and is just kind of the wild west these days.  Like I can say "I've had good luck with Lenovo" but on the other hand it wasn't that long ago in the grand scheme of things that they had their whole spyware fiasco, and for all I know they might literally randomly become crap tomorrow.  Randomly becoming crap is how I ended up with the alienware--we bought just after they switched the models but before the reviews came in without realizing it because they didn't change the names on any of it at the time.

@45, Alienware is owned by Dell, so that's probably why it sucks.
Once this current machine is done I'm never touching a Dell again. They have way too many issues that I'd prefer not to deal with.

I'm pretty sure Linux has always been faster than windows in pretty much every aspect. I don't know about ARM but on X86 when I'm in Linux my laptops overall resource consumption is far, far lower and the fan rarely if ever even spins up to begin with (as in, it's usually at 0 RPM all the time unless I deliberately run an intensive task like, I dunno, building the kernels source code or something).