The cool thing about the 12 is that I can buy a new chassis later if I change my mind about the color. I went with Gray since it matches the keyboard and that’s what I’ll be looking at the most when I use the laptop, but I would’ve done Black if the keyboard was also black. Would love something Blue in the future
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I preordered Sage with Sage USB C expansion cards, but… yesterday in the garden I had a good look at this beautiful sage plant with flowers:
So I thought maybe I could change the color of the expansion cards to Lavender and create the new Blooming Sage colorway…
Yeah, I’m not convinced either. Maybe I need both colors so I can follow the seasons 
P.S.: Come on July, hurry up, will ya?
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I thought about going with Bubblegum, but in the end I switched to the simple and nice black design. I think I would’ve preferred bubble gum if the light cyan color would be more like the lavender blue. Kinda like this:
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is there a difference in color availability?
i had no idea sage would be so popular and i wouldn’t mind changing if it sped up my order
I think a change in chassis will send you to the back of the line, but I might be wrong.
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There is no major difference, however black/gray is a different batch pipeline than the other three colors and the first batches of black/gray were expected a month earlier than the other colors. Possibly because the premade ones and the business/education customers were getting black and were prioritized.
So if anything, switching the black or gray could speed things up, but it’s probably not a good idea as you’ll loose your existing place in the queue.
black grey is shipping in June. Sage in July. So switching to Sage will most likely NOT speed you up.
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Same here. Would have loved Bubblegum, but in the end was tempted by the earlier shipping date of Gray. On the other hand - if they launch a new line of motherboards for the 12 in the future I’ll most likely get a whole other machine and retire the Gray one with someone in the family.
Bubblegum, für mich, nix Kinder 
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bubblegum!
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The idea of a purple laptop is too alluring for me to pass up, but considering my current computer is really on its last leg I am SO jealous of the black/ gray batch customers
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Weird poll…framework already has the answer to this, why not share the depersonalized stats from your order database ?
I think this makes it more personal and interactive on a community forum. Rather than just saying, “Here’s a stat,” a poll allows people to share their choice, which better opens up the discussion for people to participate and chat. Also, as people continue to place pre-orders they can weigh in on the poll, so data can continue to be added over time, vs. having to keep checking the order stats on the back end and manually update the numbers in this thread over time.
Just my thoughts.
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The poll may be easier too update, but I don’t think it is a good sample; I would like to see the stats.
I suppose it’s possible Framework would entertain sharing percentages, but I’m almost certain they wouldn’t share the actual numbers of each color ordered. They don’t publicly share total numbers of pre-orders or sales.
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This is not the sales data, this is just a community poll 
I’m not even sure if the popularity ranking (Sage>Bubblegum>Gray>Lavender>Black) here is the same as sales data
I personally wanted to know who has the best taste (Bubblegum and Lavender).
and most importantly, this gives us an opportunity to chat about the colors and I’ll share the valuable feedback from our community members with our internal teams. You can’t do this with depersonalized stats.
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I actually considered the lavender, but decided to reserve that for my sister when she gets one 
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Synthwave would be a cool theme.
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I would have had great taste, but the boring non-colors being available earlier is what made me weak. Hope we get an update about projected shipping weeks next month. I’m travelling all July - ideally with the 12 - and might switch to a more exciting color if it does not look like it will arrive in time.
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I chose gray, because it has black “bumpers” in the outside. Why black bumpers? I expect the bumpers to get dirty over time, so black clearly ist the best decision.
Gray ist also matching the keyboard and the whole laptop does look more professional.
Furthermore, it’s a light colour, so it maybe won’t heat up too much when using outside in the sun.
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