I don’t know how you are missing it, but it DOES work right now without a battery. You need a 100W power adapter and have no way to power cycle outside of enabling a bios feature, wake on power.
That said, pump your entitlement brakes just a bit. Why would a company as small as Framework still trying to meet demand for the laptop, focus on mainboard applications, when there still aren’t enough framework laptops out there to even really start thinking about custom uses?
Why when power drain in standby or audio issues are prevalent would they be focusing on improving a feature that a very small part of their customer base is even concerned about?
Perhaps many of you take for granted the complexities of a computer these days. Even the largest company have hardware issues and especially software issues.
If your idea of a company that supports right to repair and designs a laptop that lasts can be thwarted because the company is not perfect, then you need to be prepared to be disappointed. There will NEVER be such a company. If Microsoft, Apple, Dell, HP, etc. all can’t manage to make perfect products, no one can.
But seriously folks, look at the bigger picture. Nirav invested his OWN money to start this company. The computer industry is brutal and cut throat. There are many companies very much hoping that Framework fails.
Do as you wish, but my humble suggestion is that you just breath and take a chill pill.
I’m happily waiting for my second to ship in November.