Ordered Sept 23, so I assume I’ll be amongst the last of the B4 to get theirs, but it’s fine, I don’t mind waiting. I went DIY as well of course, figured that’s half the fun.
i7-1165G7
WiFi 6
16GB DDR4-3200 Dual Channel
1 x HDMI
1 x Micro SD
2 USB-A
1 DP
2 USB-C
TBH I don’t really need this laptop, but I believe in the mission and this is how I can support it. Unfortunately, I don’t got Linus money to invest but I am very excited about it. I think I might use it as a portable work station for when I feel like traveling but still wanna clock in to work. My current Laptop is more of a gaming laptop and it’s chonky and heavy and this will be a nice light Computer to take with me if I don’t want the big boy.
Yeah… I just find interesting how silent Framework is a the moment… Batch 3 I can see some replies in the thread about their shipments and some updates… now it’s all radio silence.
I wonder if it is because of them looking for the Community Manager and focusing instead on the production of the laptops or if it’s like “we can’t promise anything atm”.
For now this is how I feel… While waiting for news…
DIY Configuration
CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-1185G7
WiFi: Intel® Wi-Fi 6E AX210 No vPro® BYO: 32x2GB Crucial Ballistix 3200 MHz DDR4 DRAM Returned due to XMP issue
Crucial RAM 32GBx2 DDR4 3200 MHz CT32G4SFD832A
Sabrent 2TB Rocket NVMe 4.0 Gen4 PCIe M.2 Expansion Cards
(2) USB-C (1) HDMI (1) USB-A (1) DP (2) 1TB Storage Accessories :
Power Adapter - US/Canada
Can’t wait to try it out, I hope the October batch isn’t too deep into October.
Not certain if I chose well for my BYO components, but I’m hopeful based on the specs.
Batch 3 didn’t start getting preparing/shipping notifications for about a week into the month (after the previous batch started wrapping up) and it was staggered throughout the month, so it’ll probably be the same here. I’m expecting mid October to early November for most of us to have something in hand.
I get the impression the team is stretched pretty thin at the moment. There aren’t a lot of them and Nirav was handling a lot of the communication himself. His latest posts have been sporadic and at unusual hours. Suddenly they’re looking at a Community Manager. Burnout is real and the job of running your own startup selling such complex and expensive products in the midst of a labour crisis with the goal of changing the world is no mean feat.
It’s always nice to have issues addressed directly by the founder/CEO but as companies get bigger they have other duties to perform.
And now that more units are getting into the hands of users, problems are appearing that they’re tackling. Minor teething problems compared to most new startup products of this nature, but problems nevertheless, and it’s probably taking the time of every last one of them.
Indeed @Fraoch and I do understand they might be underwater, and honestly I rather acts than words so if they’re focused on getting their products in our hands that’s just marvelous.
@Fraoch Do you know how long they have been looking for a community manager? I thought I seen a post from one of the Framework crew talking about it.
I’m surprised nobody is filling those positions up because it looks like the majority is remote-able work so your options for smart people are limitless.
But you’re right, I have seen issues pop up and replacements being sent out as some people are having issues. Hopefully they get those bugs ironed out or at least the community provides guides for the software side of things.
I’m surprised nobody is filling those positions up because it looks like the majority is remote-able work so your options for smart people are limitless.
Early days yet but there is a labour shortage and there’s a lot of companies competing for a few people. I’d apply but I live in Canada.
Still lots of questions directed at Nirav. I saw some responses timestamped 1AM EDT this morning (i.e. 11PM PDT Sunday night ) so that might give you an idea.
It’s his company, and it looks to be an overwhelming success, but I’m sure some help is needed.
Immensely looking forward to this! Doing a pretty standard build with the only special bits being upgrading to i7-1165 and also not buying a Windows license (looking forward to dabbling with Linux desktops/distros for the first time - I’ve got some cli experience with Linux servers and figured I’d take the full plunge with this machine).
Went with two USB-A + 2 USB-C connectors and debating whether I want others. I have a USB C hub already that has external monitor docks, I might just carry that around in lieu of buying a dedicated HDMI/DP/microSD etc…
Agree with Framework being busy and I’m totally unconcerned with thread replies or lack thereof!
My bet is we will see the “preparing to ship batch 4” email on Friday. that marks about a full work week into the month of October, which is about the same as the initial email for Batch 3.
I placed my order Sept 4th with the following configuration:
CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-1135G7
WiFi: Intel® Wi-Fi 6E AX210 No vPro®
Memory: 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200
Storage: 500GB - WD_BLACK™ SN750 NVMe™
Expansion Cards
3 USB-C
1 USB-A
1 MicroSD
1 HDMI
I will be running ubuntu. My current personal device is a macbook pro 15" from 2012, but the battery has been dying extremely quickly lately, and I hate apple. I was hesitant about ubuntu but recently was issued a computer from work that is running it and it is so awesome. I was also debating whether or not to get a pinebook before I heard about this, but they are all sold out. As soon as I heard about framework I had to buy one because I want the thing, but also I really want companies with this kind of ethos to succeed and prevail.
You should be fine. they’re heavily mentioning “jedec” on the amazon page, and the q&a section. that means the ddr4 3200 profile will run natively, without needing the xmp ‘overclock’
but I am very excited about it. I think I might use it as a portable work station for when I feel like traveling but still wanna clock in to work. My current Laptop is more of a gaming laptop and it’s chonky and heavy and this will be a nice light Computer to take with me if I don’t want the big boy.
