I understand parts will only be available once the 13 pro can be ordered immediately and is no longer shipping in batches, but I was wondering if anyone knew what the typical timeline for that is? I’m interested in getting either the input cover or the bottom cover upgrade kit.
Is it probably going to be post September (after batch 12 ships)? Or will that keep getting pushed back as pre-orders come in?
when I have asked a very similar question in the past, I got the answer when the new devices ships; that would be in June.
I hate to say it, but I don’t think anyone can know for sure, not even Framework. It depends on how many pre-orders they get, when people stop or seriously slow down. And it depends on how smoothly ramping up to mass production goes. Sometimes there are issues that introduce delays.
I believe somewhere they mentioned that more 13 pro pre-orders are coming in than expected.
It’d important to note that that is specifically about the intel, the AMD devices are still available from July. the parts are also sourced separately from the complete laptops, as they do not need to pass through the assembly line (maybe the chassi does?).
I’m super excited for the upgrade kit for my current Ryzen 9 mainboard. Hoping to be able to order the whole thing as a kit soon! 
Cannot wait to get my hands on the upgrade kit for my own AMD Framework 13. An upgradeable mainboard is one thing, but being able to upgrade your chassis to a different, improved “model” is very cool. It pushes the boundaries of what it means to have a fully upgradeable laptop!
Yeah, I also want to upgrade the chassis to farewell the current gen awful trackpad. Hopefully the chassis isn’t that pricey, and they’ll have clear notes on compatibility - what new and old works together.
An interesting idea for those wanting to upgrade their bottom chassis, is that we could opt into a whole new bottom half (inc mainboard etc), attach the new bottom half to our old bottom half, and then demote the old bottom half to run in headless operation:
So rather than the coolermaster route and a leftover old chassis that we have to aftermarket, we can skip the coolermaster route and have a battery powered headless machine with the old chassis.
I don’t get why the pre-order options don’t let have a “bring your own motherboard” option when almost everything else can be. I simply cannot afford to replace my whole 7040 rn even if my usage is starting to outpace the hardware. The manufactured RAM crisis is just getting worse and worse, especially since Framework just announced they’re doubling the price of modules (understandably). I can’t justify replacing parts like my 75% health battery and my truly unreliable trackpad for the third time with the older parts.
Not to be dramatic, I know I’m in a bit of a bad mood because my battery’s EC is also failing, but this honestly feels like punishment for the people who do not want to create ewaste or want to embrace the 1st principle of framework machines: upgrades at your own pace. I know y’all need to make money, but please. If I have to buy another trackpad this year when the haptic trackpad is shipping to customers because the plastics warp from heat and the alignment drifts over time, I’m going to have to up my antidepressants.
Edit: Batches are all the way out to December?? It took me three attempts to get my trackpad to register a click just to edit this. Framework, please. I’m begging.