“To put this lack of updates in context, Dell’s XPS 13 9315 and Lenovo’s X1 Carbon Gen 10 use the same 12th-gen Intel processors. In the same time period, Dell released 14 BIOS updates for its system, and Lenovo released 13. Many of these updates fix system-specific issues that wouldn’t be relevant to the Framework Laptop, but they also collectively patch a long list of Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) that affect all PCs using that particular generation of Intel CPU or other common components.”
That’s some brutal stats.
“Framework will need to step up its game, especially if it wants to sell more laptops to businesses—a lucrative slice of the PC industry that Framework is actively courting. By this summer or fall, we’ll have some idea of whether its efforts are succeeding.”
…and we’re now in Q4. The idea is forming.
It really is multiple uphill battles…left, right and centre, for Framework. It’s extremely hard to compete. But damn, is it winning any battle other than having a repairable laptop* (Stability / reliability, features, QA, compatibility and value aside)?