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    10 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    Now that the Framework Laptop 13 has been through three refresh cycles—including one that swapped from Intel’s CPUs to AMD’s within the exact same body—the company is setting its sights on something bigger.

    In some ways, the people who use these kinds of systems need a Framework Laptop most of all; they’re an even bigger investment than a thin-and-light laptop, and a single CPU, GPU, memory, or storage upgrade can extend the useful life of the system for years, just like upgrading a desktop.

    The Laptop 16 melds ideas from the original Framework Laptop with some all-new mechanisms for customizing the device’s keyboard, adding and upgrading a dedicated GPU, and installing other modules.

    The result is a relatively bulky and heavy laptop compared to many of its non-upgradeable alternatives.

    And you’ll need to trust that Framework delivers on its upgradeability promises somewhere down the line since the current options for upgrading and expanding the laptop are fairly limited.

    But the company has done a great job of building trust with the Framework Laptop 13—if you don’t mind the design of the Laptop 16, there’s a reasonably good chance you’ll have appealing upgrades to grab.


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