I’m conflicted, I’ve recently upgraded to the AMD mainboard in my Framework 13 (luckily right before ramageddon), but the new case, battery, screen, and input upgrades are super compelling. Having to get the new Intel mainboard with the LPCAMM2 memory and new frame to see the battery improvements is why I’m hesitating to pre-order. I don’t know, maybe I’ll wait for some benchmarks/reviews until I jump the gun. But I watched the livestream and I really applaud Framework for their company ethos and commitment to open hardware. I’m definitely picking up their keyboard/touchpad combo when that’s up for pre-order.
Yeah I love my AMD FW 13 too. I’m not gonna upgrade right away, personally. Very compelling, but so is my current hardware. I’m probably gonna hang tight for awhile.
Maybe upgrade the touchpad if the price is right. The touchscreen is something I wished it had last year when I bought in, but unless mine breaks I can’t justify the cost.
Yeah, that seems like a reasonable take. At the end of the day we really don’t need these upgrades, they’re just nice. Especially since it appears I was unaware of their questionable sponsorship recipients, so if anything more incentive for me to hold off on buying anything for a bit before I can dig into it.
The new battery needing a new case and input module is unfortunate. Waiting to see the price; I’d love a bigger battery
I’ll never say no to a bigger battery, but I have been very impressed with the lifespan of the current one. Since I got mine about a year and a half ago, I set it to stop charging at 80% and I can’t recall a single time I’ve ever had a battery crisis.
I thought framework funded Nazis and everyone hated them
No, Framework didn’t fund Nazis, and everyone still loves them.
wait do they?
I think stories blown out of proportion.
what’s the story?
They sponsor Hyprland whose creator is anti-woke or something and so the Debian community were up in arms.
oh i remember it. the hyprland guy is openly fascist and framework doubled down on sponsoring him. that was upsetting.
How did they “double down”?
They didn’t denounce him or anything, and they gave a weak defense of “eh we sponsor all sorts of things”. But they don’t seem to have done anything to increase or strongly defend their (very indirect) support of DHH.
i don’t quite remember the drama, but aren’t they still paying him?
