The first reviews are now live for Framework Laptop 13 (Intel Core Ultra Series 1), along with the new modules we’ve launched like the 2.8k Display. We’re also starting shipments of pre-orders for these products this week. Since we’ve built up manufacturing capacity substantially over the last year, we’ll be able to move through pre-order batches faster than ever before.
This is our fourth Intel iteration of Framework Laptop 13, and we’re bringing it closer to perfection each time. Reviewers enjoyed the major improvements in graphics performance delivered by the new processors. Linux press outlets, especially, appreciated the 2.8k display with its 120Hz refresh rate and excellent match to 2:1 graphics scaling. Here are a few of our favorite call-outs:
“Framework Computer has iterated on their thermal solution so that it’s both quieter and cooler.”
“This might be a contentious statement, but displays with 3:2 aspect ratios rock. Displays with 3:2 aspect ratios boasting a 2880x1920 resolution rock even harder. Then you add a 120Hz refresh rate and a full 180-degree hinge to the mix? My socks are rocked right off.”
“By creating laptops with individual components that are upgradeable and backward and forward compatible, the Framework 13 lets you keep everything you like about your current rig while swapping out the parts that need a spec bump.”
– iFixIt
In addition to starting pre-order shipments on laptops, Mainboards, and Display Kits, several of the new modules we’ve introduced this generation are now in stock in the Framework Marketplace: USB-C Expansion Cards in a range of new colors, the SD Expansion Card, and the new 2nd Gen Webcam.
We’re happy to share that today we also opened shipments to Greece, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, and Republic of Cyprus. This may seem like a random assortment of countries, but they are the remaining countries in the EU that can leverage our existing Euro currency support and keyboards. We’ll continue to expand shipping to the rest of the EU over the course of this year. We’re also continuing to scale up the Outlet, with refurbished 1TB, 250GB, MicroSD, and Ethernet Expansion Cards now available in the US and Canada. We’re excited to keep living up to our mission and scaling up both this ecosystem of long-lived products and the number of people we can reach with it.