In all seriousness, I can’t wait for the Chinese New Year to be over so I can receive my Batch 1 order!
Reminder on the specs for my unit:
System: Ryzen™ 9 7940HS
Storage: 2TB - Western Digital SN740 NVMe™ - M.2 2230
Storage: WD_BLACK™ SN850X NVMe™- M.2 2280 - 4TB
I personally would have taken 1 SSD slot with the ability to use any double-sided SSD (I do like my 8 TB SSDs, and according to Jarrod’s Tech, that SSD might actually work).
Memory: DDR5-5600 - 64GB (2 x 32GB)
Expansion Bay System
Expansion Bay Module: Graphics Module (AMD Radeon™ RX 7700S)
Keyboard: US RGB (if there was a Linux one with RGB, I would have chosen that one instead)
Power Adapter Region: US / CA
Expansion Cards
3 x USB-A
Ethernet
DisplayPort (2nd Gen)
2 x USB-C – USB-C Expansion Card
Storage – 1TB
MicroSD
HDMI (3rd Gen)
Audio
(I know, mamma-mia, that’s a lot of expansion cards, but my needs change often, so it’s nice to have the option to quickly change ports as needed. A bit of a shame that HDMI is 2.0b so no 4K at 120 hz, so I may not actually use it all that much.)
Accessories
Framework Screwdriver
Included
Limited Edition pre-order gift: Poster, patch, and sticker sheet illustrated by Stephen Maurice Graham
Graphics Module pre-order gift: Starfield™ Premium Edition game code (already redeemed, if not a bit worthless of a game)
2 x Extra Spacer: Lavender (a flash of color is always nice)
2 x Extra Spacer: LED Matrix
Extra Medium Input Module: RGB Macropad Module (likely why my Batch 1 order isn’t shipped out yet)
seems like you are the serious one. “Get out” usually means a joking “mic drop” on your part. As in, it’s so ridiculously simple and funny, you are done.
FedEx finally figured it out! I also have the “IPD Party Info Missing ???” sticker on my box, so I think something went wrong with the clearance process.
The individual package would have been cleared, but the issue with the IPD (International Priority DirectDistribution) service is that every single package must be released by customs before any package within the pallet gets delivered/released to the customer, which is likely what happened here.
What exactly are you looking for? That update indicated:
“…the next set of units will ship and production will resume on February 15th in Taiwan. That will include the remaining Batch 1 orders along with the first Batch 2 systems…”
as well as:
“…Production of RGB Macropad will begin directly when the factory re-opens on February 19th (the New Year holiday in China is longer), after which modules will ship to our factory in Taiwan to be packaged and then to our warehouse to ship as part of laptop orders…”
Neither of those dates (15th and 19th) has hit, so I wouldn’t expect any update. I’m as eager as anyone to get the laptop. As I have a macropad in my order, I have to sit tight and wait until I get the shipping notification, which presumably will not happen for at least a week.
Sorry for bringing it up again, but the Batch 1 Guild is the only one who can help me … at this point in time
For those who have already received their FW16, please do me a favor and measure the thickness of the laptop body (open the lid and measure from the wrist rest to the bottom including the rubber foot). Optimally, take a caliper …
Background: I want to create a Laptop Stand, where the front slides into and holds it at an angle, so the screen is at an optimal height when using with a secondary screen. In the picture below I circled around the notch which needs to be slightly larger than the front part of the FW16.
I don’t think that will matter much. I’m also batch 1 and ordered the International English keyboard. No changes on my order page yet, still waiting… My order doesn’t contain any RGB or other items that are known to be delayed, so my guess for the delay is the International English keyboard.
At this point, I think the only delay item left is the RGB macropad (which is scheduled to start production next Monday after clearing the Chinese Lunar New Year break). Everything else is in this status:
[…] [T]he next set of units will ship and production will resume on February 15th in Taiwan. That will include the remaining Batch 1 orders along with the first Batch 2 systems.
