I’m happy to answer questions folks have around the product (later today).

This looks suspiciously like something I could buy : a lightweight well made Linux laptop, with long battery life. I currently use a MacBook and won’t get near a windows machine.

Two questions 1/ will there be a 15 inches version ? ( I’m not getting any younger I like bigger screens ) 2/ software-wise how reliable are the suspend/resume and all the laptop features ? I’ve been using Linux for about 30y and to me this is typically the bits that usually fail. To put it differently, how confident are you that things will work properly out of the box ?

Other than that , I love what you’re doing, please continue.

Are you guys thinking about pushing to improve the linux software experience at all? To me that could almost be another selling point, if Framework 13 came with some downstream patches that improved sleep, power management, multi-display and hi-dpi monitor handling, etc.

And secondly how healthy is framework as a company, and to what extent do you make money from consumers vs sales to big companies?

Any plans to have a keyboard with a trackpoint and thumb buttons? I Don't need a trackpad.

If you add this then you'll have a new customer for life.

The trackpoint is the only thing that keeps me chained to Thinkpads.

Now that you have a custom touch-screen. How long until you release a tablet (Surface-pro-like) form factor? I'm still using my 2017 Surface Pro because the form factor is amazing, but no one has come up with anything to compete with it.

I know it's not the most ideal form factor for a repairable device, but I can dream.

Hey Nirav, congrats on the newest release and I'm really eyeing the 13 Pro.

A couple of questions:

1. How are the thermals? I've had mixed experiences with my 11th gen FW 13 throttling under load with the fan sounding noisy. It's fine if I'm alone but if I'm at a team gathering, it's noticeably loud.

2. Does the lid open with one hand?

All the battery life stats use Windows for testing. How does the equivalent Linux performance compare?

I'm excited for the new speakers - that's been one of the biggest pain points on my 13.

- Is the Dolby Atmos configuration available for Linux as well as Windows? Or more generally, will the speakers sound as good on Linux as they do on Windows?

- Will we be able to get audio comparison samples between the old and new speakers?

First off, Framework is maybe the most exciting company I've seen over the last 5 years. My Framework 13 AMD is a wonderful machine. Thank you to your and your team for the incredible work and commitment!

Two questions:

1. Will there will be a concrete guide to upgrading a standard Framework 13 to the Pro. I watched the video and read the page a few times, and I'm a bit confused what the whole process is and if all the required upgrades need to happen together, or if they can go piece meal.

2. With all the different components and increasing SKUs, I'd be a little worried that if I didn't upgrade to a Pro in the near future, that the old hardware would no longer be supported and it'd be a headache to upgrade at some point. Can Framework guarantee that there will always be an upgrade path within a size and line?

Again, big thank you to Framework and I look forward to using my Framework 13 for a long, long time :)

Really happy to see the new chassis for the 13 Pro! I own the 16 myself, and have been really happy with it, and am excited to see the haptic touchpad + unibody modules hit the marketplace. Those address the largest build quality issues I had with the device.

You probably can't comment on this, but just to note it, I would be very excited to see the 16 get a similar Pro chassis.

Does the Dolby treatment carry into Linux with comparable performance, or does "best sound" require Windows?

Hey, love that thing and I am considering to sell my current laptop to get one, but I wanted to first know if the laptop features pen/stylus support? I guess not, as it is not using a full glass cover like the 12 and otherwise it would have probably been advertised, and can we expect in the future an upgrade path towards that (by replacing only the panel or the whole top part maybe?)

Will you produce a keyboard with full size up/down arrows?

You magnificent bastard, you know just how to suck money out of my wallet. And it's not even Christmas yet :-)

Why is the AMD version not available in LPCAMM2, and can we expect to see an LPCAMM2 version in the near future?

I love it, I've been waiting for years to buy a Framework, but my current laptop has so far refused to die. I think it's now finally old enough to justify upgrading.

Will the new keyboard colour schemes come to other locales? I love the orange/black/grey but probably not enough to learn American English.

I’d prefer a non-touchscreen. Touchscreen does add about 200g of weight. Is that likely to be an option?

Question: did the hints given at https://frame.work/nextgen include any secret messages you want the public to know about? Maybe the secret was missed during the run up to today?

Has anyone tried Qwen 3.6 35B A3B on the 370 version with plenty of ram and if so what's the best tokens per second you can get, with the ideal quant, like maybe the U GGUF at 4 bit

There's no mention of Wi-Fi. Is the network card integrated to the new intel mainboards ?

Is the keyboard for the 13 pro the same?

The upgrade kits I'm seeing on the marketplace have a keyboard included.

Would it be possible to have a input cover pro, bottom cover pro, batteries pro, speakers pro and use my existing keyboard?

Why LPCAMM and not SOCAMM2? What is the status of SOCAMM for laptops and would it be possible to do a SOCAMM for NVMe?

I preordered a 13 Pro with Ryzen, which I'm already very excited about. Reading between the lines of your video announcement, though, it seems like the Intel experience might be more optimal (you pointed out Intel's new low power efficiency cores and Dolby sound being tested with Intel).

If I want the best battery life and sound possible with Linux, should I switch my preorder to Intel?

One pain point is writing at night the keyboard backlight has only one bright white color.

Will it be possible to change the backlight color to, f.ex. dark red?

What’s the display color accuracy like outside of sRGB? How much of adobe or P3 does it cover?

I just realised that the credit card I used to place my preorder will expire next month. Will there be an option to update my card details when I need to pay the full amount?

Hi nrp, what's the battery life like on the more high-end CPUs (Ultra X7 358H, Ultra X9 388H)? Are you also planning to offer a non-touch display?

Do these laptops, either the Intel or the AMD version, work with eGPUs on Linux?

How well does the haptic trackpad stack up against the ones found in macbooks?

Any word on availability for that 12-core ARM mainboard? Also for the record I’d really love a Snapdragon X2 (or later) option someday…

Will the hinges be 360 like the laptop 12? I wonder how useful the touchscreen will be without it.

I would love to buy one and know a bunch of others. Wonder if shipping to Japan is in the works?

What would it take you to ship to Norway?

Qmk support for the keyboard, like the Laptop 16 has?

Thanks Nirav, always appreciated :)

P.S. The printer gag was cruel, just saying.

No silver option?

Any blue-sky thinking like 256GB RAM support?

I have a feeling that laptops don't keep up with the today's dev workflows.

for the love of god when are you going to start selling in Japan?

what’s the screen like compared to the previous fw13 options? i’m considering an upgrade (screen-only, from the first gen one)

and by the way, it’s a world where it’s hard to be a fan of any company any more and the fact that you guys remain exceptional gives me hope

Why is this not offered with a decent keyboard? Proper key caps and meaningful travel.

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The only thing I'm looking for is a simple acknowledgement that perhaps maybe funding DHH may not have been the best idea or that your company doesn't align with all of his views.

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I'd love to go with framework to replace my half-functional MSI laptop, but if I can't see a comment or link to any acknowledgement at all, I'll be getting my next laptop from https://novacustom.com/ instead.