I took interest in FW about two years back.
But back then, it couldn’t deliver orders here.
So I gave up FW and waited for a M3 MacBook Air.
With great timing, FW notified me that Taiwan is now able to receive orders.
While M3 MBA is still no where to be seen.
My ordered specs are in batch 9 guild.
I had light gaming in mind, so I really struggled in choosing from FW 13 or 16.
I chose 13 because it is sooner, more portable and is capable to connect e-gpu later on.
Hello!
Ill honestly admit i found Framework via LTT’s youtube a long while ago, and have simply followed the dev for a while.
Im a Systems security engineer for a R&D/V2X company and have been in the sec field for 10+ years
I recently was given a budget to replace my system and was allowed to get a non-standard system as my daily ( I use a Dell and a Macbook m1 as my work systems ) and decided to go with Framework. my hope is its reliable, and has the modularity to be upgraded over time so i have it far longer than our standard rotation (3 years )
I went with AMD because its a personal preference, though with a modular system, maybe in 3 years ill want intel?
Outside of work i do 3D printing/3D design, and content creation as hobbies + offensive sec research for my own personal growth, so im hoping i can utilize the framework as a platform for that as well.
Glad to be a part of the community. I look forward to getting to know some of you
I am new and I am looking forward to receiving my new laptop. I will be using the machine for my work on the Floyd County Electoral Board. Our IT lead recommendation went a long way to making my choice.
I look forward to learning form this community.
Paul K.
Hi gang!
Got an email on Monday from Framework that I should expect my laptop soon!
Can’t wait.
Heard about company for some time, but wasn’t looking for new laptop really.
This has changed couple months ago, was waiting for apple’s m3 mac and thanks to their greed I’m now happily awaiting my new laptop from Framework.
It will be mainly used to get back to front-end coding, that i used to do and hopefully some programming after that - and occasional video watching etc.
Feels good to be part of this community even though i still don’t have the laptop
Hello!! I am a high school student hoping to pursue a career in data science after college, after lots of looking for a laptop before i set off for college though i needed an upgrade and the Framework laptop really seemed like the move. I recently ordered it but it’s yet to arrive BUT i am eagerly waiting until friday (December 1st) as it should arrive by then!! I already started posting asking question about the laptop and realized there was an introduction thread. Currently I’ve been learning Python in my own free time and taking some college courses in my school, I’d hope to finish college with an Applied Mathematics degree and a good grasp of Python and R.
I work in IT and I’ve been very high on Framework since I first heard about it. It’s almost time for me to retire my gaming laptop and tower, but I’m definitely getting a Framework next. I’m still a little nervous about being a relatively early adopter of the AMD, so I’m just keeping an eye on reddit and the forums here to see what issues people are facing, but I am more than reassured at how open Framework has been about bugs and actively working with the community in fixing things.
I still haven’t fully decided whether I’m going with the 13 or 16, though, so that is also weighing on my decision.
I’m Roops, and I recently got a FW 13 (13th gen Intel). It’s exactly what I wanted, and the only real problem* I have is deciding which OS to run!
The hardware is top notch.
I may end up with Fedora Linux, with Windows 8.1 (for some legacy applications) in a VM under Boxes.
But I might try Ubuntu before I settle.
*minor annoyances with Fedora are the lack of fingerprint sensor, and the GUI version of DNF behaves oddly–at first it started as an almost invisible vertical line (window of zero width) and now it resizes its columns, so half the useful info is off-screen to the right.
Hey hey people! I’m Jansi - or Heather, if you want - and I’m new to Framework! Looks like a pretty nifty product, so I’m going to keep perusin’ and consider it for a future purchase. For now, I’ll drift around as part of the community. I actually found Framework from a LinkedIn job posting!
Matteo here, i work as a janitor in Italy, i’m a ham radio operator, a biologist, a counsellor and i’m intrested in both old and new tech.
I saw Framework on LTT, i’ve saved some money and now a new happy owner of a framework laptop 13 AMD, DIY edition, which i run with manjaro linux KDE. Hopefully as my daily driver.
I’m Kenny, I make software for my job and want a device I can repair myself. I’ve also wanted a power-efficient AMD laptop since 2006 and one with a high-DPI screen since 2015. I repaired a bunch of retina MacBook Pro’s while stuck at home during the 2020 global pandemic and hope to have a new computing home with contemporary CPU power as soon as my batch-10 AMD Framework 13 arrives.
Very happy to accept repairability and higher prices as a trade-off for the freedom to tinker. (I’m a GNU/Linux user, following the Linux threads because Debian is the Universal Operating System.)
I’m Alex, I am an Optical Engineer but focus on simulations, so computers have always been an interest of mine as well. I started off my career in Astronomy and graduated with my Masters. I always a Lenovo Thinkpad and was always happy with how they worked, but after a year or two, that workstation laptop was out of date. I was ecstatic when I learned about Framework from a coworker and latched onto the idea. I’ve always tried to fix and make things on my own before so happy to support Framework.
Hi to everyone!
I’m Paolo, a postdoc in Mathematics in Italy, and I’m also an Arch Linux fan. I already have different machines with Linux and not I bought a Framework AMD 13 laptop and I can’t wait to install Arch on it!
This is Coque, a security specialist replacing a really old Toshiba Portege laptop for a shiny Framework 13 in batch 10. As much as I love technology, I’m worried about the planet health and I try to keep technology waste at a minimum, so I’m grateful for the Framework stance and I’m trying to support it. Living in Spain, I was eager for Framework to start making business here, which is a reality since not so long.
I’m a Linux user from the 0.99 kernel era, starting with a Slackware distro which was replaced by a Red Hat one for years, until I tried Debian Sid and stuck to it since then.
Hello! I’m an analyst by day and a non-technical contributor to the Fedora Project by night. Framework has piqued my interest ever since learning about it, for the reasons most people like them - they’re thin, light, performant, and repairable. I don’t own a Framework (yet), but I did want to engage with this community to see if there are places where increased Fedora attention would help. Fedora is already officially supported, so things are in a pretty great spot already!
Hope you guys are doing good. I am really thrilled and excited to finally be a part of this amazing community, I just got myself a FW13 and pre ordered an FW16. I am a student and always been a keen supporter of Right to repair and always will be. Thank you @Niravpatel and the @Framework team for providing us this amazing sustainable, modular computers. really hope that this community just like the company grows and blooms. Really looking forward for the future products that framework has for us. Hope you all have a great time with whatever framework product that you’re using.
I have been waiting quite a while to purchase a framework due to outside factors. Just got my hands on a factory seconds 11th gen and love it! Hoping that in the near future this will be able to replace my desktop computer!
I am a non-techie person who’s trying to make more ethical choices when it comes to tech. This is challenging when I find myself surrounded by lots of terminology I don’t understand! I’d really like to understand electronics better but find that kind of thing very difficult to learn.
I found Framework by searching online for something like repairable laptop, after coming across the Teracube and Fairphone. Once I understand how my requirements of a laptop translate into what parts to select, I’m going to order a FW16.
I’m a software engineer who likes free software, OCaml, Rust, etc. I’m also a longtime thinkpad fan who’s been increasingly annoyed at them. Last straw was soldered RAM on my last laptop. I heard good things about frame.work in the past and on the recent Oxide and Friends podcast, and got a factory seconds 11th gen. It’s awesome, I love the display ratio (much bigger screen than classic wide 13" ones), assembly was super smooth (there’s magnets everywhere! Torx screwdriver!!!), installation was reasonably easy. Archlinux runs very well on it. I’m thrilled to be using a repairable, powerful laptop as my main machine!
