{"id":24144,"date":"2022-07-24T13:23:47","date_gmt":"2022-07-24T13:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/review-frameworks-next-gen-laptop-follows-through-on-its-upgradeable-promises\/"},"modified":"2022-07-24T13:23:47","modified_gmt":"2022-07-24T13:23:47","slug":"review-frameworks-next-gen-laptop-follows-through-on-its-upgradeable-promises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/review-frameworks-next-gen-laptop-follows-through-on-its-upgradeable-promises\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Framework&#8217;s next-gen Laptop follows through on its upgradeable promises"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<figure class=\"intro-image intro-left\">\n  <figcaption class=\"caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-text\">enlarge <span class=\"sep\">\/<\/span> The Framework Laptop is back with internal and external upgrades.  It largely follows through on its promises of repairability and upgradeability.<\/div>\n<p>Andrew Cunningham<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside id=\"social-left\" class=\"social-left\" aria-label=\"Read the comments or share this article\">\n<\/aside>\n<p><!-- cache hit 238:single\/related:0ff77a03fe47f209b543f9830f488465 --><!-- empty --><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s one thing to <em>count<\/em> you&#8217;re making a fully user-serviceable, upgradeable laptop.  It&#8217;s another thing to actually follow through with it.<\/p>\n<p>The original Framework Laptop we reviewed last year did a <em>lot <\/em>of things right.  It&#8217;s easy to open and work on, the ports can be swapped out to suit your needs, and it&#8217;s sturdy and well-built enough to stand up to traditional, less-upgradeable-and-repairable ultrabooks like Dell&#8217;s XPS 13 or Lenovo&#8217;s ThinkPad X1 Carbon .<\/p>\n<p>But making &#8220;one surprisingly good laptop&#8221; isn&#8217;t the same as creating a laptop ecosystem with upgradeable, interchangeable, user-serviceable parts.  To do that, you need to keep up with new component releases.  You need to address the shortcomings of your original design (or even release new revisions) without ending support for or breaking compatibility with previous versions of your design.  And your small, independent company needs to <em>continue to exist<\/em> so it can keep getting all that work done, year after year, for a few years.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t say what the next year or two will bring, but I can say that the second-generation Framework Laptop is still doing almost everything right.  It&#8217;s a lightly revised version of the original chassis designed around a 12th-generation Intel Core CPU rather than an 11th-gen version, and the motherboard exists as a drop-in upgrade for anyone who has already bought a Framework Laptop.<\/p>\n<p>The Framework Laptop does have problems, especially when it comes to battery life.  But overall, it&#8217;s a thoughtfully designed computer that treats do-it-yourselfers and PC builders like adults who can make their own decisions.  There still isn&#8217;t another laptop quite like it.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>enlarge \/ The Framework Laptop is back with internal and external upgrades. It largely follows through on its promises of repairability and upgradeability. Andrew Cunningham It&#8217;s one thing to count you&#8217;re making a fully user-serviceable, upgradeable laptop. It&#8217;s another thing to actually follow through with it. The original Framework Laptop we reviewed last year did &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/review-frameworks-next-gen-laptop-follows-through-on-its-upgradeable-promises\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Review: Framework&#8217;s next-gen Laptop follows through on its upgradeable promises<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21349,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/frameworks-first-major-laptop-upgrade-lets-you-swap-your-systems-brain\/","url_meta":{"origin":24144,"position":0},"title":"Framework&#8217;s first major laptop upgrade lets you swap your system&#8217;s brain","date":"July 21, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Framework launched last year with the promise of building laptops that you could upgrade yourself with little more than a screwdriver and some patience. 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