Two years in the past, the final time Framework had an occasion in San Francisco, California, the spotlight was the Framework Laptop computer 16 — a laptop computer promising the “holy grail” of upgradable graphics playing cards, and simply probably the most formidable laptops ever made.
However at present, the Framework Laptop computer 16 bought little point out at its new occasion, which centered on the new, equally gamer-oriented Framework Desktop as a substitute. Whereas the Desktop and Framework’s authentic 13-inch laptop computer each bought the newest AMD processors at present, we don’t but know if or when the Framework Laptop computer 16 may leap ahead too.
The one point out of Framework’s flagship laptop computer was a brand new “One Key Module” that can experimentally be accessible for the Framework neighborhood to construct their very own electromechanical keyboards, ought to they select to, that will be skinny sufficient to slot in the Laptop computer 16’s extraordinarily skinny Enter Module bay. (You’ll be able to see how the Enter Modules work in my video right here.)
I tracked down Framework CEO Nirav Patel on the occasion at present, and he wouldn’t say a lot, however he was clear on one factor: “We’re nowhere close to performed with Framework Laptop computer 16.”
I pushed my luck, asking: Is at present the day he can guarantee us that the Laptop computer 16 will finally see no less than one GPU improve or snap-on secondary battery?
“Right this moment shouldn’t be that day,” he informed me.
I need to see Framework succeed, and maybe it’s too early to start to surprise in any other case — it was nonetheless delivery preordered batches of the Laptop computer 16 to patrons via the center of final 12 months.
Framework has resisted our pushes to date, stopping wanting confirming it in our 2023 story: right here’s his actual language on the time. It’d be good if Framework may guarantee patrons that the upgrades are completely coming. However personally, there’s quite a lot of issues about that laptop computer I’d like to vary, and I wouldn’t be stunned if Framework was doing a little bit of a rethink even when it does ship.