The Framework Laptop is an Upgradable, Customizable 13-Inch Notebook Coming This Spring
looorg writes:
The Framework laptop is coming this spring (hopefully) a laptop that can be upgraded and repaired easier then most machines today on the market.
The Framework Laptop is an upgradable, customizable 13-inch notebook coming this spring:
A San Francisco-based startup called Framework has just launched an ambitious project: a thin, lightweight productivity laptop that it claims can be "upgraded, customized, and repaired in ways that no other notebook can."
Framework founder Nirav Patel told The Verge that the company aims to address his long-standing frustrations with consumer technology companies. Patel was one of the original Oculus employees and has worked for Apple as well. During that time, he says he "saw an industry that felt incredibly broken across the board."
"As a consumer electronics company, your business model effectively depends on churning out constant tons of hardware and pushing it into channels, and into market, and into consumers' hands, and then sort of dropping it and letting it exist out there," Patel explains. "It encourages waste and inefficiency, and ultimately environmental damage."
To that end, Patel sees the Framework Laptop as more than a product - he sees it as an ecosystem.
The Framework comes with a 13.5-inch 2256 x 1504 screen, a 1080p 60fps webcam, a 55Wh battery, and a 2.87-pound aluminum chassis. Inside, you'll get 11th Gen Intel processors, up to 64GB of DDR4 memory, and 4TB or more" of Gen4 NVMe storage.
[...] Framework will be taking preorders this spring, and the device is expected to ship this summer. Pricing hasn't yet been announced, though Patel says it will be comparable to other well-reviewed notebooks."
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