1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:09,040 Inside of this box is the new Framework 12, a laptop that is going to bring 2 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:10,400 repairability and also so much cuteness. 3 00:00:09,040 --> 00:00:16,880 But unfortunately, it's in a bunch of pieces. So, let's put it together. As you can tell, this one has already been 4 00:00:14,639 --> 00:00:20,640 put together and tested by our Labs, but we get to do it again. They were kind 5 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:25,119 enough to disassemble it for us, just like Framework does after they test 6 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:30,400 these. Okay, so we have our keyboard. We also have a screwdriver right here and a 7 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:35,760 stylus. Now, at the moment, you can't order a stylus, but you can use any 8 00:00:32,399 --> 00:00:37,760 stylus that supports MPPP 2.0 or USI 9 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:42,160 2.0, which are things that I know, but you can definitely configure it in the 10 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:45,440 BIOS. We also have a 60W power adapter, 11 00:00:42,160 --> 00:00:48,160 which you do have to pay extra for. WD 12 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:52,559 Black SSD that once again you do need to option. And do note if you are getting 13 00:00:50,399 --> 00:00:57,920 an SSD for this that it has to be one of the 30 mm long versions. You can't get a 14 00:00:55,039 --> 00:01:03,680 full fat 80 mm SSD and throw it into this. And also you cannot get more than 15 00:01:01,039 --> 00:01:08,720 one stick of RAM. Here we have 16 gigabytes of DDR55600. 16 00:01:06,320 --> 00:01:14,320 And we also have a lot of IO, a hilarious amount of IO. 17 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:23,759 We have HDMI, USBC, USBC, USBC, USBC, 18 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:26,159 USBA, DisplayPort, and another USBC. I 19 00:01:23,759 --> 00:01:31,280 would recommend not getting that many IO modules because they can add up 20 00:01:28,320 --> 00:01:35,280 price-wise. This is like like $100 worth of IO. Please be a cute color. 21 00:01:33,759 --> 00:01:41,840 Otherwise, I don't know what we're doing with the title and intro. Hell yeah. 22 00:01:38,079 --> 00:01:43,600 There we go. It's fun. Oh, we get 23 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:48,640 stickers. Look at this. They have a little duck in a spaceship. Fantastic. 24 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:54,159 If you're watching this channel, you probably have already heard of Framework, but if you haven't, they are 25 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:58,960 a fairly new company that makes laptops that are completely repairable. So, if 26 00:01:57,200 --> 00:02:07,840 you get the DIY version, they arrive looking something like Oh no. Oh no. Oh, 27 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:11,520 I cannot one finger open it. They arrive looking something like this. To turn 28 00:02:09,599 --> 00:02:15,440 this not complete laptop into a functional laptop, we need to add in a 29 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:22,080 couple of things. So, first of all, our RAM. We have 16 GB right here. And very 30 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:25,680 sadly, they only have a single RAM slot here, which does mean that you're only 31 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:29,680 going to be able to have single channel memory, which will reduce your 32 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:34,560 performance a little bit. Also, they use a little bit of carbon in this heat 33 00:02:31,920 --> 00:02:38,879 shield right here in order for like EMI and also cooling. But one bonus for that 34 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:43,599 is that they have a little magnet here for the keyboard pogo pins and the RAM 35 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:47,519 flap just sticks to it. So, it's way easier to install your RAM. Now, if you 36 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:51,360 do leave this flap down, obviously your keyboard is not going to work, but 37 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:56,080 Framework realized that that might be a problem, and they do have a message that 38 00:02:52,959 --> 00:03:00,000 comes up that says, "Hey, dummy, put the 39 00:02:56,080 --> 00:03:03,360 flap back." Up next, we have our WD 1 40 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:05,760 TBTE and totally normal size, completely 41 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:10,400 average SSD. One thing that's really nice about installing the SSD right here 42 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:15,760 is it is totally toolless. So, you just take this little tab, push it in, boom, 43 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:21,360 your SSD is not going anywhere. A lot of the time you will have these very tiny 44 00:03:18,319 --> 00:03:23,760 little screws that for one are very easy 45 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:28,800 to lose and kind of difficult to get in, but also if you do lose it, everyone 46 00:03:26,640 --> 00:03:31,519 uses different threads and standards, so getting a new one is basically 47 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:35,760 impossible, and you just have to tape down your SSD. You can see the names of 48 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:39,920 the people that worked on it. We do also have two two- watt speakers and a 49 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:45,519 50watth battery, but we will talk about the testing of those later. And a pretty 50 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:49,920 small little heat sink for a pretty small little processor. Now, we just 51 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:53,920 need to screw it together with the included screwdriver. I do really 52 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:59,040 appreciate the DIY version of this because it gets you used to going in and 53 00:03:56,799 --> 00:04:04,080 out of your laptop. A lot of laptops these days are actually pretty easy to 54 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:08,000 crack open, but many people that I know don't have the confidence to undo a 55 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:12,640 couple of screws and pop it apart. What IO do we want? Headphone jacks. All 56 00:04:10,799 --> 00:04:16,320 headphone jacks. No, that's already on here. You don't have the option. You 57 00:04:14,239 --> 00:04:20,000 can't pull a Dell or an ASUS and omit the headphone jack on this. So, right 58 00:04:18,479 --> 00:04:25,600 here, you can see that red means unlocked. And also inside of it, there's 59 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:30,560 a screw that you can move to permanently lock these in position. The point of 60 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:34,639 that is so that if these are deployed in schools like framework hopes that they 61 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:40,080 will be, you can't have your kids going there and just taking these out and just 62 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:44,880 whipping them at you. Hey, that was close. One thing to note about these, if 63 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:50,800 you're using the display outs, is that they do not play well at all with 64 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:53,759 capture cards. Uh, your display IDs get 65 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:59,360 super confused when you have display out to an adapter to a display. the it it 66 00:04:57,280 --> 00:05:03,360 gets all messed up. So maybe don't try and do screen capture with one of these 67 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:06,880 or put aside several hours to set it up cuz it will be awful. Now that we're at 68 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:10,800 the point where we normally start our unboxing of laptops, let's have a little 69 00:05:09,039 --> 00:05:15,440 look. The construction is almost entirely plastic, but it's too plastics. 70 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:19,680 So right here we have some hard touch stuff. And then along the outside we 71 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:23,039 have a bunch of TPU so that if you hand this to a child and then give it a 72 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:27,759 little bit of a drop, hopefully it will be nice and rugged. Also, as we saw 73 00:05:25,280 --> 00:05:33,759 before, on the inside, there is a metal chassis to help with rigidity and 74 00:05:30,479 --> 00:05:35,600 reliability, and metal's nice. I had to 75 00:05:33,759 --> 00:05:39,280 say three things. I was I blanked for the third. 76 00:05:37,280 --> 00:05:43,440 This says, "Pie is better than cake." Uh, you know, when I think about it, I 77 00:05:41,280 --> 00:05:48,720 agree. No, there's only one good pie, too. Pumpkin and strawberry and 78 00:05:45,919 --> 00:05:53,120 blueberry and apple. All right, the power button is over on the side. So, 79 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:58,639 we're just going to press that. And I'm going to press on into the segue to our 80 00:05:55,680 --> 00:06:02,000 sponsor, Zidex. Their X6 line of gaming desktops are built with the enthusiast 81 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:07,280 in mind. Featuring top-of-the-line components like the 9800 X3D and 9070 82 00:06:05,280 --> 00:06:10,960 XT. With an expert team helping you every step of the way, you can pick and 83 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:15,039 choose parts for your dream PC. And throw it all in one of their sick 84 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:19,199 looking cases like the Oami with its curved tempered glass and dual chamber 85 00:06:17,280 --> 00:06:23,360 design. And it's not just gaming rigs. They build everything from laptops to 86 00:06:21,199 --> 00:06:26,639 workstations as well. So, visit our link in the video description to get a ready 87 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:32,800 to go solution that's built for your specific needs shipped right to your 88 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:34,880 door. Holy bezels, Batman. You know 89 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:40,080 what? This screen looks a lot better than I expected. It is nice and bright, 90 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:46,240 and brightness can make up for a lot of sins. One thing in the config that you 91 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:49,199 can specify is if you want to include 92 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:53,680 Windows with your purchase or not, which uh I would recommend just not and then 93 00:06:52,240 --> 00:07:00,000 don't worry about it. I guess am I not supposed to say that? No, pay for Windows. Now, Framework claims that it 94 00:06:57,120 --> 00:07:05,120 can do 400 nits and we tested it and it actually gets closer to 500 which is 95 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:09,599 pretty darn good. that is bright enough that even with it being glossy, you 96 00:07:07,199 --> 00:07:17,039 could use it for like word editing and stuff like that in the outdoors. What we 97 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:22,319 get here is a comical 66% of sRGB. We 98 00:07:17,039 --> 00:07:25,360 did measure a 4.69 delta E2000, which is 99 00:07:22,319 --> 00:07:27,840 not great, but also given how limited 100 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:32,880 the color space is, that is much better than I was expecting. But at the same 101 00:07:30,479 --> 00:07:37,840 time, everything just looks kind of washed out. like nothing is punchy, 102 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:39,680 nothing is grabbing my attention. What I 103 00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:46,319 will say is that if you have no clue what sRGB means or DCIP3 104 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:48,880 or color spaces, you will probably be 105 00:07:46,319 --> 00:07:52,880 totally fine looking at this laptop. It isn't going to blow you away, but the 106 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:56,560 contrast is pretty nice. And just looking at it here, it's fine. I could 107 00:07:54,960 --> 00:08:01,680 watch Netflix on this. I would be totally happy. Also, it is a touchcreen, 108 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:05,520 and it seems quite well done in the touchscreen department. A lot of the 109 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:10,960 time the touchscreen digitizer and the display behind it might not be perfectly 110 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:12,800 aligned. But this one right here, I 111 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:19,199 don't see any of the Well, I guess I can if I'm like this close to it. So, unless 112 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:25,639 you use your display about here from here, it's totally fine. Also, we have a 113 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:25,639 stylus. Hello. 114 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:35,200 Poop. can go from soft to heavy to soft. 115 00:08:33,519 --> 00:08:39,760 This is quite a good stylus, I do have to say. One thing that does seem 116 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:43,599 slightly annoying is the rejection of my hand while I'm using the stylus isn't 117 00:08:41,599 --> 00:08:47,839 quite as good as I expect. I also got used to not touching it within how long 118 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:50,640 did I do this? Like 30 seconds. So, I don't think it's going to be a huge 119 00:08:48,880 --> 00:08:54,480 problem long term. And moving over to the performance of the Framework 12, it 120 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:58,560 is fine. As long as you have your 121 00:08:56,320 --> 00:09:02,240 expectations set properly, you won't be too disappointed in this. But if they 122 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:09,920 aren't set properly, when you find out that this has an i5 1334U with 10 cores, 123 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:12,800 12 threads, and a max speed of 4.6 GHz, 124 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:17,680 you uh might be pretty underwhelmed. That said though, this processor is 125 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:22,160 perfectly fine. And they also have an i3 version which is a tiny bit slower and a 126 00:09:20,560 --> 00:09:26,720 little bit more cut down. But both of them will work perfectly fine if what 127 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:31,519 you want to do is like school work, drawing, that sort of stuff. Not a whole 128 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:36,959 lot more. I guess we've already been over all the other stuff. 16 gigs of 129 00:09:33,279 --> 00:09:38,560 RAM, 1 TB SSD, Wi-Fi 6E. I do really 130 00:09:36,959 --> 00:09:42,320 like to see that they did not cheap out on the wireless chipset and also you can 131 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:48,720 replace it or upgrade it later if you need to. and Intel UHD graphics, which 132 00:09:46,399 --> 00:09:55,760 uh let's see how well those do. All right, so we're getting over 100 FPS at 133 00:09:51,279 --> 00:09:59,600 720p. Do we dare try 1080? Get freaking 134 00:09:55,760 --> 00:10:02,160 wrecked, Mr. Bot. And I score again. 135 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:08,160 Laptop's perfect. I'm pretty surprised. We are playing Rocket League here at 70 136 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:10,560 to 80 FPS. You can see it right there. 137 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:16,079 But it's working pretty darn well. This is better than I expected, but I was 138 00:10:13,279 --> 00:10:21,040 also expecting pretty much nothing. So, there is that. If you're curious, the 139 00:10:17,839 --> 00:10:23,120 framework 13 is No, never mind. It's 140 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:29,279 trash. This if you're curious, the framework 13 is like 120% faster in 141 00:10:27,279 --> 00:10:32,800 games according to our Labs. And that makes a lot of sense because this does 142 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:36,880 not have a modern processor. But I guess as long as you have your expectations 143 00:10:34,959 --> 00:10:42,279 absolutely through the floor, you can game on this. Do you know what is better 144 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:42,279 than fine, though? 145 00:10:44,160 --> 00:10:49,600 This keyboard is great. There's loads of 146 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:53,600 travel on the keys. And even though the chassis isn't quite as stiff as I would 147 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:59,040 want, they make up for that by having loads of travel on the keys. They have a 148 00:10:56,800 --> 00:11:03,680 really nice tactile feel to them. And overall, I'm going to give the keyboard 149 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:06,320 a solid A. The trackpad also is pretty 150 00:11:03,680 --> 00:11:09,920 darn great. It doesn't have the most satisfying click that I've ever felt, 151 00:11:07,920 --> 00:11:14,000 but I can't tell if it's glass topped or not, but it does feel like it's glass 152 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:18,959 topped. So, either way, they want that one. The tracking is awesome. The click 153 00:11:16,560 --> 00:11:22,480 feel is pretty good, and also the taps feel great. It's a good little trackpad, 154 00:11:20,720 --> 00:11:28,640 or I suspect things won't be quite as good as when we turn on the speakers. 155 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:32,800 Uh, it sounds wide, which is about the 156 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:36,320 only compliment that I can give. Uh, 157 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:39,360 bass, not a whole lot. Treble, not a 158 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:41,600 whole lot. Whole sound stage, pretty 159 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:45,120 crushed sounding. It obviously is not fair in the 160 00:11:43,519 --> 00:11:48,720 slightest to compare this to a MacBook in any way. This machine right here is 161 00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:54,160 like three times the cost. But just for comparison's sake, we can play a crab 162 00:11:51,440 --> 00:12:01,600 rave on the Mac just so you guys can hear, you know, decent, bad. All right, 163 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:01,600 framework 12. 164 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:10,079 MacBook Pro. Obviously not a fair comparison, but 165 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:12,639 yeah. Ouch. Here we have a 1080p webcam 166 00:12:10,079 --> 00:12:16,399 and actually looks pretty darn good. One thing that I do really appreciate is up 167 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:20,720 at the top they have a little toggle for the microphone so you can no longer hear 168 00:12:18,560 --> 00:12:24,720 me. And also they have a toggle from the camera so you can no longer see me. I 169 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:28,399 really appreciate laptops that take your privacy seriously and that is an 170 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:34,160 excellent step in the right direction. As for the camera itself, it is 1080p 171 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:37,760 and it is doing a great job here. It is 172 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:39,279 exposing for my face pretty well. It's 173 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:43,440 not perfect, but this is pretty difficult lighting right here. It also 174 00:12:41,519 --> 00:12:47,519 is not making me look like a ghost or orange like many of them do. We can 175 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:51,519 point it directly at a light right here. And yeah, that's pretty darn serviceable 176 00:12:50,079 --> 00:12:57,120 given that I am pointing it directly into some studio lights. So overall, 177 00:12:54,560 --> 00:13:02,480 pretty darn good job. What unfortunately is not so great though is the battery 178 00:12:59,920 --> 00:13:09,279 life. This guy right here, we have a 50Wh battery and that got us just over 5 179 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:14,160 hours of battery life, which is pretty disappointing in a device like this. If 180 00:13:11,839 --> 00:13:19,600 you get something from basically every single other established laptop maker 181 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:25,040 with this kind of specs, you will get more battery than that because they are 182 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:27,760 able to spend years realistically of 183 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:31,920 engineering time optimizing the BIOS and the screen and how every single bit of 184 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:35,839 your laptop interacts, which unfortunately Framework just has not had 185 00:13:34,079 --> 00:13:42,320 the experience to do yet. So, the Framework 12, it starts at $550, but 186 00:13:39,519 --> 00:13:46,399 that does not get you a complete laptop. So, we can't really consider that as a 187 00:13:44,399 --> 00:13:50,320 starting price. That said, though, if we look at how I would configure one, we'd 188 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:54,480 get lavender, of course, because I want it to be very nice and pretty. Actually, 189 00:13:52,720 --> 00:14:01,760 no bubble gum. The bubble gum one's sick. WD Black, bring your own Windows. 190 00:13:58,560 --> 00:14:06,320 We'll just activate it later. 16 GB of 191 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:09,920 RAM, lavender keyboard, two USBC's, 192 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:13,680 a type A, and an HDMI, which brings my 193 00:14:09,920 --> 00:14:16,959 personal config to $838. 194 00:14:13,680 --> 00:14:20,399 Now, that is perfectly fine. Really, 195 00:14:16,959 --> 00:14:23,040 it's neither expensive nor cheap, but it 196 00:14:20,399 --> 00:14:27,040 is knocking on the door of the MacBook Air, and I think that's where you're 197 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:31,040 going to start running into problems. So, you really have to figure out what 198 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:35,839 you want from your laptop. This right here is going to be able to be upgraded 199 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:40,720 in the future. You can do kind of whatever you want it with it. And I 200 00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:46,560 really, really appreciate Framework's vision for a laptop. That said, if you 201 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:48,480 get an i5, we're looking at $988, 202 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:54,160 which is $11 off of a MacBook Air, which has a 203 00:14:52,079 --> 00:14:58,880 screen that blows this one out of the water and more than double the battery 204 00:14:56,320 --> 00:15:04,399 life. Overall though, I do have to say I quite like the Framework 12. It is a fun 205 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:09,600 laptop when so many other laptops are trying to be serious and boring. It 206 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:14,880 doesn't have any significant flaws. The keyboard's great, trackpad's great, 207 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:16,720 screen is acceptable enough. So, if you 208 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:20,399 are a turbo nerd and you want to be able to fully disassemble your laptop and 209 00:15:18,880 --> 00:15:25,040 that's something you're into, I think you should go and pick one up. It's I 210 00:15:22,399 --> 00:15:28,399 recommend it. I like it. And I also like you for watching to the end of this 211 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:32,000 video. Huge thanks for watching. Hit like, get subscribed, and have a great 212 00:15:30,399 --> 00:15:34,480 old day. I'll see you in the next unboxing.