Hi,
Steve A. Rodgers here. I’m a Cloud Security SME | Strength Coach | Techie | Real Estate Investor | Pilot. I LOVE the concept behind the FW and already have two orders placed.
Modularity and the ability to repair and upgrade is a BIG deal to me. I’m planning to setup dual boot Windows 11 Pro and Linux Mint.
I’ve built and tinkered with tons of computers over my 20+ IT/cybersecurity career. Looking forward to learning more about FW and sharing what I’ve learned along the way.
Cheers!
Hi,
I’m Yongjin, engineer living in Germany. Heard about Framework form the Fairphone forum quite ago and fascinated immediately by the DIY concept. Recently I needed a new laptop for learning music edit (hobby) and considering MacBook seriously I felt almost insulted by their memory/SSD pricing. Now, my first Framework is running since 2 weeks!
Hello Yongjin! I love Germany! Welcome to the Framework community.
I’m next in line. I’m Carl, a Finance Director from Northamptonshire, UK. I own a MMC construction company building eco modular residential homes and commercial units. Framework was a no brainer for us - we share such similar values. I ordered my Batch 5 Ryzen 7 system this week and I can’t wait to receive it.
The community seems fantastic, I cannot wait to share my adventures with you all. I’m terrible at using forums, so I apologise if I do anything wrong and please go easy on me 
Any kind guidance on the best way to use forums would be appreciated!
I have lots of ideas for my own expansion cards, a 3D printer and a soldering iron ready to go, so I’ll be sharing some of my janky creations as I go.
Hello! I’m an engineer. My work is mostly SQL and Python with some occasional Java. I dabble in rust and game dev in my spare time (which is very spare these days).
My current laptop is starting to act wonky so I ordered a framework 13 amd. I like to drive my laptops into the ground so I chose framework with the hopes that once I drive this laptop into the ground I can resurrect it and drive it into the ground all over again.
Hello! Mike here, I write at https://shellsharks.com/, generally about infosec and tech. I grabbed a Framework DIY 13 to main for site development, other programming/dev projects and to force myself to get better at Linux. Looking forward to hacking away and being part of this growing community.
My name is Oak. Most of my recent work has been in social work, and I am starting my Master’s in Social work this month.
I am passionate about sustainable consumption choices, which to me often means buying 2nd hand or antique as older models of things like furniture were built to be maintained and repaired to last a lifetime. However this is so hard with technology and electronics, so when my last 10 year old, 2nd hand gaming laptop finally died, I had multiple people suggest Framework, and I am so excited for what this company is doing. Exactly the kind of honest, sustainable products that I want to support.
I am data scientist, epidemiologist, humanitarian worker. I read about Framework when searching for repairable laptop.
Why I search for repairable laptop? Well, I owned ThinkPads from the earlier days of IBM quality. Recently, I have received ‘bad apples’ on the newer flagship models across several generations. It seems this has become a pattern - of giving only so-so quality, low quality control, too_big_of_a_brand kind of consumerIsJustCashCow behavior.
Exploring the Dell business class laptop, only to find one of the keys was broken after just 2-year of normal use (typing-NO gaming). Replacing that key means opening from the bottom up. So, easier to just change with another Dell laptop to avoid down time. Well, this damage-replace whole/big chunk of the unit is not sustainable.
Hi fellow Frameworkers,
Apologies for the belatedly introduction.
I’m a husband, father and business owner covering IT support, graphic design and artwork, web development as well as various voluntary roles, who first learned about Framework and its laptop through watching videos on the Linus TechTips and Louis Rossman channels.
Having already convinced a couple of customers to invest in the 13.3” laptop the upcoming 16” version will be the target to superceed my secondhand, 11 year old 15-inch MacBook Pro currently running a large number of Linux, Mac and Windows OSes, both natively and as vms.
The modularity, repairability, upgradability and eco-friendliness of Framework’s products have been key selling points from my perspective, not to mention the requirement for a single, simple tool (shipped with the product) to complete ALL upgrades and repairs and echo Oak’s sentiment that it is exactly the kind of honest, sustainable product that I would like to support. The quality and presentation of the product is on a par with Apple’s equivalent products, albeit in my opinion the Apple trackpad still outshines all competition at this stage. I sincerely hope the company goes from strength to strength.
Greetings Framework peoples!
I guess… I’m kinda an oddity here? I’m an artist hoping to break out of my day to day job and I’ve been scurrying away money to save up and build me a badass mobile art workstation with the Framework 16.
I guess, like many of you, you got alerted to this company via Linus Tech Tips. I remember seeing the 13" laptop and thinking “Oh DAMN! Give me horsepower and i/o, and a bigger screen and you got me sold!” and then Framework answered my prayers!
Look, I know there’s no ethical consumption under capitalism, but this is as close as I can ever get to supporting a company that operates ethically, and providing something in the computer and tech spaces that’s absolutely sorely needed.
I have high hopes for this company, which I haven’t really said about any tech facing company as the ensh*ttification of the internet continues, but I am very looking forward to seeing great things coming down the pipeline.
Hello everyone!
I’m currently an electrical construction field inspector.
As the laptop I’m currently using (with a Intel i7-7700HQ and a GTX 1060) has a keyboard with some keys only working if you push on the keys really hard and/or multiple times, reasonably easy reparability and upgradability are the most important aspects I’m looking for in a laptop.
And considering Framework seems to have been executing well in those aspects with the Framework 13, I’ve decided to pre-order the Framework 16 (with a Ryzen 7940HS and a RX 7700S). My pre-order is part of Batch 11, so hopefully Q1 2024 won’t be too long of a wait.
Hello everybody. Retired technical support technician that worked 32 years in the Federal Aviation Administration. First computer was a Microsoft monster with MS-DOS 1.2 floppy. Buying this computer because I like getting into the guts of electronics. Having worked on navigation systems, radios, radars, etc., it fills my bucket to be able to understand technology. It’s better than sitting in front of the tube watching soap operas.
I built a desktop and learned a lot from the experience. Hoping to learn more with this laptop and from all of you. Thanks for letting me into your group.
Hello all! I’m a Sysadmin assistant studying to be in the finance career, hopefully to blend both Tech with Business. I really enjoy coming here and looking at all the cool expansion card community builds, and that’s pretty much all I’m here for! I’ll probably expand my horizons as I look further down the rabbit hole, but for now I really want to see a fully shelled prototype of the Dual USB-C card (The C stands for cute - and complicated!).
New to frame.work, recently heard about it and find it very cool and fascinating. Am considering one for either a streaming computer or the next Linux gaming machine i eventually buy.
Hello, I am new here from MacOS and Windows. I am not an IT professional and wait for my “Framework Laptop 13 DIY Edition (AMD Ryzen™ 7840U)” batch 1.
kind regards to all of you
Joe
Hey! Completely intrigued by frame.work’s purpose and very disillusioned by both Apple and the pc world’s laptop offerings. Software engineer by trade who is old enough to have a boxed version of openSUSE back home in Trinidad. Quite sceptical about numerous aspects of the frame.work (build quality, battery life with linux) but hopefully as part of this community, I get to understand the limitations of a modural, sustainable laptop and help feedback to make it better for those who come along next. I’m in Batch 7 Framework Laptop 13 DIY Edition (AMD 7040 Series).
Hello all! I’ve just put my pre-order down for a Batch 12 FW16 laptop. I hope the waiting will be the hardest part on this journey. I’m not an experienced hardware enthusiast, I chose this laptop for its sustainable concept, which I think should be supported. I work as a sustainability manager. A few years ago I bought my second Fairphone (which some of you will know): a modular and sustainably sourced smartphone. While their cause is admirable, this smartphone also came with limitations: after a while it just got too slow for the amount of apps I needed. No screen replacement is going to solve that, you just needed to buy the new model. Update support has been stellar compared to most smartphones though.
So I think the real test for Framework is going to be backwards compatibility after 8-10 years, when e.g. CPU could be out-of-date to do things it’s supposed to do by then. But I’m willing to help them get there by buying this laptop.
Software Developer. Decided to buy a laptop to replace my old desktop and wanted a future proof laptop that is upgradable.
So i pre-ordered the FW16.
Greetings. I am the god of the Moon, wisdom, knowledge, writing, hieroglyphs, science, magic, art and judgment. Yes, I have a lot on my plate.
This machine was an offering from one of my mortal followers.
Hello, I’m a computer engineering student and I’m from Philly. I’ve recently been trying to take more circuit classes and learn more about analog/digital electronics in general. I ended up finding Louis Rossman on Youtube and a video he made about this company.
The modularity and longevity idea behind Framework laptops is what interested me the most. I never really understood the obsession with getting the newest tech all the time, but I also grew up with my parents restricting my access to electronics and didn’t get a smartphone until 2018 so ¯_(ツ)_/¯.
I kinda wish there was an option for older CPUs and GPUs (ie. 10th gen Intel or an RTX 1660), but mostly because I’m worried about battery life and I personally think a lot of the newer CPUs and GPUs are overkill (at least for what I do). Either way, I like what Framework is doing right now.
Hi there!
I like tinkering around with linux and hardware. I come from a background messing with the Raspberry Pi.