Framework Laptop – pre-orders are now open

This is very cool. I’d also like to see a Linux version.

Also looking at their job spec for full stack developers and nice to see a company focused on server rendered html. No react, no graphQL, no JSON apis. Should be lightening fast and as a dev I like the fact they are choosing a stack that’s appropriate for their product (an ecom marketplace). I find that a lot of time is lost these days to fixing overly engineered stacks when the end user just wants to see a pretty simple, nicely designed HTML page at the end.

Specs

  Processor Options

  i5-1135G7 (8M Cache, up to 4.20 GHz)
  i7-1165G7 (12M Cache, up to 4.70 GHz)
  i7-1185G7 (12M Cache, up to 4.80 GHz)

  Operating System

  Windows 10 Home
  Windows 10 Pro

  Storage

  256GB NVMe SSD
  512GB NVMe SSD
  1TB NVMe SSD

  Memory

  8GB DDR4-3200 (1x8GB)
  16GB DDR4-3200 (2x8GB)
  32GB DDR4-3200 (2x16GB)

  Connectivity

  WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.2
  WiFi 6 with vPro, Bluetooth 5.2

  Weight & Dimensions

  1.3kg
  15.85mm x 296.63mm x 228.98mm

  Display

  13.5” 3:2
  2256x1504, 100% sRGB color gamut, and >400 nit

  Battery

  55Wh

  Graphics

  Iris Xe Graphics

  Camera

  1080p 60fps

  Ports

  4x User-selectable Expansion Cards
  3.5mm combo headphone jack

  Biometrics

  Fingerprint Reader

  Keyboard

  Backlit

  Power Adapter

  60W USB-C

Looks good and if it had support for linux this would be an instant buy for me. Unfortunately "We're working with some of the most popular Linux distributions on testing and support, and we'll publish step by step guides on setup for those." is not quite it.

The only thing I would change would be the screen. One with more nits would be really nice, and having a Ryzen version of this would also be nice, but I totally understand the availability problems of AMD processors nowadays. The rest of the laptop is pretty good.

Being able to change components, even the CPU and the side connectors, is a lot to a thin and modern laptop that cost around $1000.

I hope we have soon some 3rd-party analysis to know how well they are made. After having a laptop with hinge and structural problems with totally fine hardware, it's a big deal for me.

Do they have plans to extend business to the EU? Buying one from here is not feasible considering toll fees, VAT additions and all that.

I see the idea of "phone bricks" finally moved to laptops and that is cool. But in order to lift off that concept has to be open in terms of electrical and mechanical specifications. Otherwise I think it will be just another minor unsignificant event on laptops market.

Without support for an open source OS and ideally open schematics, bootloader, etc, these are doomed to become unsupported and in landfills like everything else. Just more marketing with promises they can't keep.

If companies want to be honest about providing consumer repairable products they should behave as though they will go out of business at any time... Which incidentally might earn them the respect and endorsement of people that understand how supply chains work to help keep them in business.

Yes I am going to be that guy. Open everything or please don't pretend to care about changing anything.

Compare to Raptor Engineering that opens almost literally everything they possibly can. It may be expensive but when you buy a Talos II it is yours.

Also made in the US.

This looks very impressive, high specification available, 3:2 high resolution screen, but with a "sensible" resolution where it should be comfortable to run at 100% scaling and the customisability of the IO ports is very unique.

Depending on the Linux compatibility of these I will definitely be interested once there are GB keyboard layouts available.

This is extremely cool. Is it possible to build custom modules for the laptop?

I would love adding GPIO or sensors directly to my laptop like that.

Great concept. Would love to see a larger version with the same aspect ratio and peripherals.

I feel like a lower res screen at this size would be justified to stretch that battery life out a little longer

A 16 or 17 inch version would be perfect...bigger battery and more space for modules.