Image description: Image shows batches 1, 2 and 3 sold out for the Ryzen 7 7840HS which costs $1,399.

For now both DIY and prebuild edition (all configurations) are in batch 4 which ships in late Q4 2023.

    • uthredii@programming.devOPEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I have personally used fedora and nixos on a gen 1 framework 13 and it works great.

      Does Framework do anything regarding FOSS drivers or firmware?

      Regarding your question they say this:

      We deliberately selected components and modules that didn’t require new kernel driver development and have been providing distro maintainers with pre-release hardware to test to improve compatibility. We’re also working on enabling firmware updates through LVFS to complete the Linux experience.

      source: https://frame.work/gb/en/linux

  • Pope-King Joe@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Hell yeah Framework deserves all the goodness coming their way. I have an ASUS that’s serving me well for now, but I think when I go to replace it next year, they’re the ones I’m going to. Hopefully by then, they have AMD boards in the smaller sizes.

    • BURN@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      1 year ago

      His investment is probably part of why these are such a hot commodity.

      The media presence and advertising from LMG is worth a crazy amount. His followers are the exact target audience of this device and as long as he’s showing off what they’re up to I think they’ll continue to sell like this.

      • QHC@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Spot on. I would have no idea Framework existed without LTT, and I likely would not have clicked into the article or comments on this thread, either.

    • WrittenWeird@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Big-yet-thin, affordable Ryzen laptops with the option to add a real GPU to, that are just as upgradeable (component wise, if not market-availability wise) as a desktop?

      Demand is high. Demand will remain high.

      • steltek@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I can’t be the only one waiting to see more “real people” reviews of production units before plunking down money. I don’t upgrade laptops frequently and I don’t want to buy something buggy (i.e. Linux compatibility for wifi, ACPI, battery life, etc).

        And while I’m waiting, I haven’t looked into a good answer to the USB-C dock story for the AMD versions. I see a lot of ambiguous statements about USB4 “being Thunderbolt” but not a lot of concrete statements on compatibility and capability.

  • jmanes@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I almost threw my hat in this ring but I must wait on people who use Linux to get ahold of it and review it. Proably an early 2024 buy date for me.

  • RegalPotoo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    waits excitedly for Framework to ship in my region

    It’s fine, my current laptop has a couple of years life left in it. They’ll open up orders by then right? Right?

  • Magister@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    You can also buy MiniPCs from bee-link or others with same AMD or others powerful ones for cheap, if you don’t absolutely need a laptop