If production continues as is and they follow their current trend, we may get lucky and actually get ours in Q2. Hopefully they can ramp up production and make that goal more achievable. I’ve been spying on the other guilds and it seems they are at about a batch every 7 days (ish). We’ll see 
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That was just an assumption by a community member by the way, not based on an official announcement.
Also, what’s up Batch 19 guild? Are we excited? Waiting patiently? Checking other guild threads to see what’s happening?
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SUPER excited!! Really looking forward to getting my hands on something so modular and upgradable. I’ve been all over the Framework community and subreddit now that I’ve committed to the FW 16" w/GPU.
Question @Destroya - I ordered both the Expansion Bay Shell and the Expansion Bay GPU. How does Framework recommend storing the Expansion Bay that is not being used? Specifically, if I remove the GPU expansion, how should I store it for safe keeping? TIA!
Really hoping this ships on the early side. I don’t exactly need it by early may, but it would be nice to have it for an event. I do know however that’s a bit of a pipe dream. Anyways super excited for my new laptop!
(Also I’m new here, so I apologies if I did something wrong)
Happy to hear that you are excited! I’ll ask around if we have any recommendations for storing the GPU or the Shell.
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Thanks Alan_Pearce!
19 seems so far ahead ! But very excited !
I have a lot of project ideas for the USB C extensions
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Already emails have started for batch 10… halfway there? :>
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The excitement is building every time a new batch gets an email!
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Could not be more accurate!
It seems like we are finally getting to a point where it’s starting to ship quickly and closer to the estimates.
For real!!! I’m already working out my NixOS config with help from the earlier batches I can’t wait!
I plan to run Debian Testing and use it for work.
Having an AMD gpu is amazing for me since I have some vulkan projects ongoing !
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Well I guess no one has started yet so I’ll go first with my order:
CPU: 7840HS
why:
- lower power comsumption = more battery
- probably going to upgrade to the next mainboard when it starts preorder sometime
- dont really need that extra squeeze of performance even when gaming
ram: 64gb 5600mhz crucial (bought separately)
Expansion bay: 7700s for gaming
storage: 2tb sn770 (bought separately)
2 lavendar spacers
lavendar bezel
1x audio jack
2x usb-c
2x usb-a
1x displayport
korean keyboard
woo!
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Nice, that’s all some great stuff, I am curious about why you went for 64gb of ram though. DDR5 is so fast, and most programs don’t really need that much, so 32gb is plenty for most people.
Also, might as well share my order:
Ryzen™ 9 7940HS
DDR5-5600 - 32GB
WD_BLACK™ SN770 NVMe™- M.2 2280 - 1TB
AMD Radeon™ RX 7700S
Normal bezels and spacers
1 audio
2 USB-a
3USB-c
1 HDMI
Went for the specs my college recommended, for the class I am taking.
Here are my order details:
- Ryzen 9 7940HS
- Both AMD Radeon™ RX 7700S & Expansion Bay: Expansion Bay Shell
- WD_BLACK 1TB SN850X (BYO)
- Crucial RAM 32GB Kit (2x16GB) DDR5 5200MT/s (BYO)
- Black Bezel
- 2x Black Spacers
- 2x LED Matrix
- Expansion Cards:
- 2x USB-C
- 1x USB-A
- 1x HDMI
- 1x Display Port
- 1x Ethernet
- 1x Audio Port
- 1x MicroSD
I may have gotten a tad overexcited with the expansion card possibilities 
. I will certainly be looking into various storage options for unused cards! Any tips are appreciated 
I’m happy to see other batches getting their laptops sooner and sooner as time goes on; it seems like the Framework team is really working hard! It could just be wishful thinking to assume that our batch could be shipped before July 24, but it’s also not out of the realm of possibility.
Here’s my order:
- Ryzen 9 7940HS
- Both AMD Radeon™ RX 7700S & Expansion Bay Shell
- BYO M.2
- BYO RAM
- Black Bezel
- 2x Black Spacers
- Expansion Cards:
- 2x USB-C
- 2x USB-A
- 1x HDMI
- 1x AUX
If anyone’s curious, I have a PCPartPicker list with parametric filters for storage and memory in case anything goes on sale. I’ll include a link below:
Here
I work in the automotive field, so it’s such a relief to have the option of repairing the laptop when it gets inevitably damaged. I do hope that Framework releases a touchscreen display for the FW16 sometime in the near future as I know the motherboard already has support for it.
Oh right here are mine:
- Ryzen 7 7840HS & Expansion Bay Shell
- DDR5-5600 - 16GB (2 x 8GB)
- WD_BLACK™ SN770 NVMe™- M.2 2280 - 1TB
- Keyboard: US English
- Black Bezel
- 2x Gray spacers
- Expansion Cards:
– 3x usb A
– 3x usb C
– 1x HDMI
Nothing special but it’ll be great for school, work, and tinkering which is all I need to be happy.
Maybe it’s because I’ve had nvidia for the past few, but I’m tired of dealing with dGPU’s in laptops so I’m appreciative of the option to withhold it. Not really planning on gaming on this anyhow.
Thought I’d join in because why not:
- Ryzen 7 7840HS
- AMD Radeon™ RX 7700S
- DDR5-5600 - 32GB (32 x 1) - G.Skill Ripjaws
- Samsung 2TB 970 EVO Plus
- Keyboard: US English
- Black Bezel
- Numpad Module
- Expansion Cards:
– 1x usb A
– 1x usb C
– 1x HDMI
– 1x Ethernet
– 1x DisplayPort
– 1x Audio Expansion Card
I didn’t want just 1 RAM stick, but I just left it at 1 in case I do need more RAM for some reason in the future. Had to get a laptop for travel for work and I’m hoping it can work for streaming on lower settings than my main pc. Wanted something that I can upgrade easily in the future so I don’t have to buy a laptop every 5 years to keep up with newer games on top of streaming. I do think I should probably buy another USB A expansion card now that I think about it…