I have a mk3s+ and it’s so good, definitely more capable than I need

that’s absolutely beautiful

you should selfhost lemmy

I had a quick look and contrary to my concerns, deep sleep DOES sometimes work on 12th and 13th gen, but it’s not officially supported.

https://www.reddit.com/r/framework/comments/137iwk2/s3_suspend_suspend_to_ram_support_for_the_new/

(Sorry for linking the cringe version of lemmy)

I WILL be a caffeine addicted green tea purist and drink nothing else

Based Celeste player!

For your use case I think even the oldest i5-1135g7 model is fine, I have a slightly higher clocked version of that CPU and it handles Celeste flawlessly.
Celeste even runs cleanly on GNU/Linux with a translation layer, so it should work very well natively on Windows.

As for the video streaming, I would say that’s a non issue on anything modern (3rd gen intel or later)

I assume you are using Windows? Because I’ve heard people complaining about sleep issues on Linux with 12th and 13th gen Intel CPUs. I believe this is an Intel issue and not a Framework issue, so you might want to get a 11th gen CPU if you are using Linux.

As for upgrading to 16 inch, I don’t think that’s possible. Apart from using the old RAM, SSD, WIFI card, and the expansion cards, I think all the parts are incompatible so you’ll basically have to buy it separately. My opinion is that the 16 inch is only necessary if you are doing moderate to heavy gaming (modern 3D games as an example), so it’s probably fine sticking with the 13 inch. And if you end up wanting the 16 inch anyway, you can sell your 13 inch to someone else.

is federation working at all?

I think something like an Ender 3 is sufficient for your use case.

I use a Prusa i3 MK3s+ and I love it, but Prusa printers are expensive and you can get more value from things like the Ender 3. If you want to go Prusa, you can get the Prusa mini.

Also, I’ve never had a problem with having my printer next to a window, maybe filaments degrade faster that way but I don’t really know.

I use Blender for making models, and PrusaSlicer for slicing those models to send to my printer.

I don’t think Blender is a good choice for 3d Printing but I just use it because I know it.

I highly recommend Prusaslicer though, and it works for a lot of non Prusa printers like the Ender 3.