18 months ago I made the unprecedented decision to invest in a fledgling laptop
company called framework they promised upgradeability they promised
sustainability they were going to change the industry and all they asked for was
a small loan of a quarter million dollars I was so impressed with my first
hands-on experience though that I not only bought a laptop for myself for the
first time in 16 years I also invested my money in their company but looking at
what they're announcing today it's clear that I made a fundamental mistake
I should have bought more of their company we have got AMD Frameworks we've
got larger Frameworks with even more customization and upgradability and if
your mind isn't blown yet dedicated GPU
module is this a gaming framework the
best part is we've barely scratched the surface so we are going to sink our
teeth into these and go as deep as we're well allowed to go given that I'm being
carefully supervised just to be clear I
can open this up all the way no I can tell them what chips are in the Jeep can
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framework laptop is a thing of beauty it comes in the same elegant and upgradable
13-inch chassis as before but inside beats the heart of pure diluted ryzen
7000. a team-red CPU option has been
often on the most requested feature for
framework to offer on their machines Trading Places only with a larger
battery so they did that too they've gone from
55 watt hours to 61 Watt hours but if
you own a previous generation framework like me and you worry about
intercompatibility fear not the size is
actually identical and the bumping capacity comes purely from chemistry
improvements that's really good news but wait there's more the same 13 inch
chassis that I've been using not to mention upgrading ever since I got it at
launch is getting even more options Intel 13th gen core processors are also
being announced for both brand new builds and for folks who want to reuse
their existing systems so if you're on previous gen Hardware you're going to
have to make a hard Choice do you go Intel or do you go AMD
which actually leads me which one's
better it's a personal preference right but okay how do I ask this again uh
which one should I get whatever you like which one will you get whatever I like
oh this guy clearly doesn't want to make either Intel or AMD mad they've also
been addressing some of the pain points that have been discovered now that thousands of Frameworks are out in the
wild I'm talking upgraded stiffer hinges louder speakers not to mention we'll see
that now you don't a matte screen option ah
are we getting a touch screen too that I can't comment on but we will not have it
in this release
okay I'll wait one thing you don't need to wait for is our new 3D down jacket
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thought framework's whole schtick is sustainability well that old board you
pulled out is still good what do do we scrap it now ah I'm so glad you asked we
showed off a cool 3D printed case last year that you could set up for yourself
to turn it into a little Slimline computer but for the folks without
access to a 3D printer there's a new better solution framework has teamed up
with Cooler Master to offer a motherboard case also known as a case by
the way in case you guys were confused meaning that your old board can
effectively become your new media center now enough about that let's get to the
really exciting part look at this look
how much bigger it is and bigger is just the start there's
only so much that I can say about the all-new 16-inch framework laptop at the
moment but there is nothing stopping me from demonstrating its biggest party
trick a removable dedicated GPU while
the mxm form factor has died more deaths than Kenny McCormick framework developed
their own solution and easily swappable expansion Bay that is wired up with a
custom PCIe by 8 interface fun fact by the way it actually uses the same
connector as Dell developed like back when a couple years ago I guess it was
but since Dell isn't framework and didn't publish their pin out framework
had to develop their own pinout which this time around will be published to
allow board Partners or realistically anyone to use it is that right yeah
absolutely if another laptop manufacturer said you know hey we really
like this thing we're gonna have a thing don't you love this attitude I can't
tell you who they partnered with to build this and they won't even let me
take the cooler off it to take a look I don't even know if it's AMD or NVIDIA at
this point but what I do know is that with all the data sheets that they're
creating and aib like an ASUS or an MSI
could easily develop something for it now a GPU and a framework laptop is
pretty high up there on my personal wish list because that power turns these
things into something that's actually a viable option for us to deploy to our
team a writer might be fine with a 13 inch but engineers and editors
come on they need a GPU and the best part it's not just for gpus
the idea for the expansion Bay here is identical to their i o modules that they
have on the regular framework laptop open source and completely customizable
this space here where a GPU might sit
could be anything a pair of m.2 ssds and
AI accelerator even an extended battery that's right removable batteries are
back y'all and there are even plans to offer an external caddy so that you can
use their old batteries like the internal ones as portable battery packs
and you don't even have to be limited by the exact shape of one particular
expansion module in fact if you look closely these two are slightly different
because a GPU needs a little bit more space than say a couple of m.2 ssds so
if you're willing to accept the compromise of adding a little bit of
extra you know Z height to the back of your laptop I mean you could see
conceivably just about anything thrown in here let's say you wanted to swap out
your GPU for something like a capture card part of the spec is external facing
i o and then oh this phrase is an
uncomfortable question again with the E-Waste what do we do with this GPU like
slap it in a desktop well yes actually
nothing would prevent the development of a simple carrier card the same sort of
thing we've actually seen for mxm gpus in the past but also no gets even better
in the future framework wants to give you the option of taking this and
putting it in an external GPU dock which they have already mocked up and are
going to be showing off very soon so that a friend or someone could use your
old GPU with their laptop one of the things that framework learned in the
development of this product is just how divisive numb pads are on laptops
personally I don't care for them I'd rather have these LEDs on the side as it
turns out nearly 50 percent of you do
want them whether it's for data entry or just extra keys for gaming inputs
fortunately this is framework David I'm about to
blow your mind check this out I pop these out right here and here
slide these off these modules
no no no no no no these modules replaceable okay so we can put in wood
grain accents or something like that okay if you want like carbon fiber
they've got all kinds of different ideas for this but but wait but wait it gets
even dumber check this out trackpad comes off
keyboard oh oh oh wait numpad on the right wait
wait numpad on the left
oh wait oh but I hate it when my trackpad isn't centered and my keyboard
oh no up it's right under the keyboard are you kidding me right now oh yeah oh
yeah this is wild you know those Niche
keyboards that you've seen with a second screen or whatever well framework has
been paying attention that's right if a numpad doesn't offer quite the
functionality that you want to see how about a power sipping memory LCD that
might be more your thing now this one might never see the light of day I mean
they'd like to cram a touch screen in here or you know different types of
display Technologies but that is a lot to pack into something at this height
while retaining durability but at least
you know that it's something that's on their radar the best part is that this
modular input system doesn't end at just being able to move the keyboard back and
forth and stick on a numpad in addition to all the same languages that they
already support on the 13 inch framework there's four more languages that they're
adding to 13 inch that will also come to this down the road and Linux users
Rejoice on the 16 inch they're even going to build a keyboard option that
replaces the Windows key with a Super Key I guess the Windows logo is that
offensive yeah I don't know how many of those you're gonna sell we're going to see so
while in theory you could put a 13 inch board inside the 16 inch chassis it
would be a total Frankenstein job and it wouldn't make a ton of sense since you
wouldn't even be able to hook up some of the new i o oh wait did I even mention
the new i o because of the larger size there are six packs now of their hot
swappable i o modules instead of just four they've also got a new retention
clip down here that's I don't like the red I like green for okay to remove it's
a hard ux problem yeah they like red for
not the default state right so I'm like
oh yeah okay I guess I guess I get it oh wait we didn't even talk about the new
module they did remove the three and a half inch Jack from the 16-inch laptop
but they developed a 3.5 millimeter
module so you can have as many three and
a half mil Jacks as you want could I configure these for like surround sound
or something you could theoretically wow wow so you get more ports on your laptop
for everyday use and it also means that the community who supports framework
either by buying these things or by building modules are going to be having
a field day with all the new ideas that are going to come to light and that
Community is only getting bigger and better you guys might have noticed that
Frameworks webshop is called the framework Marketplace that's because
it's going to be expanding to allow third-party manufacturers to sell
directly to Consumers as well as offering a space for consumers to sell
and trade used components with each other and for that I owe everyone
involved a massive and sincere thank you a modular laptop like this is such an
important Mission and it only works if everyone agrees it's time to move Beyond
disposable electronics and focus on repair and sustainability and framework
has committed to that in more ways than one from things like choosing to use
cast magnesium alloy for their shell instead of Machining it I actually saw
this thing realized there's not a single screw on the bottom which is cool right
but that means that there would have been pounds of wasted magnesium alloy
from a traditional CNC routing job to remove all that material no it's cast
that's freaking awesome they're also using paper-based packaging and
post-consumer recycled materials wherever possible those of you haven't
been paying close attention probably noticed that we weren't allowed to spill
the beans on the exact Hardware in this thing but come on I'd hate to totally
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you guys enjoyed this video maybe check out the last time I updated oh where is
it my framework from 11th gen to 12th gen I went from what was it like eight
cores to 14 or something stupid like that same chassis and now I could put
13th gen in it or AMD and if I broke it
doing this I could replace all those pieces look he's not even stressed yeah
no problem speaking of which I need to replace my uh my fingerprints I mangled
the uh keyboard here yeah well I was not being careful when I did something and
so it's deformed so when I put it on it cracked my fingerprint sensor so um we
can send me some parts yeah well we'll figure it out