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It’s been a very busy year at Framework, and we’re not done yet! We launched a new Framework Laptop 13 and two new product categories with Framework Laptop 12 and Framework Desktop. We’ve got one more big update for you, and you can tune into our YouTube channel August 26th at 8am PT to see what it is!

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This is the first time we’ve done this kind of YouTube-first launch, and we’re excited to see what you think of it. Our video content over the last year has been mostly launch focused, but you’ll be seeing a lot more soon across both YouTube and Twitch. You can subscribe to each to get notified when we go live or post something new.

We continue to get awesome feedback on Framework Desktop, with additional reviews going live and the first orders reaching Batch 1 customers. ETA PRIME shared an excellent video on using Bazzite to make it a killer gaming system. Luke Miani did a head-to-head against Mac Mini and Mac Studio. Boiling Steam wrote a great overview of building a Fedora 42 workstation starting from a Framework Desktop Mainboard.

Our factory is fully cranked up and outputting both Framework Laptop 12 and Framework Desktop systems as quickly as possible to fulfill all of the pre-order batches. July was a record high month for manufacturing volume for us, and we hope to beat that again in August! If you’d like to help us on this (and other parts of remaking consumer electronics), we’re growing the team too. Check out our careers page and let us know if you know anyone amazing!

An event in which you benefitted from the Framework "philosophy" of reparability/modularity/updradeability. When you had been able to use your Framework device in a way not generally done with traditional laptops.

Press reviews of Framework Desktop are now live, and we’re starting shipments of Batch 1 pre-orders next week! This was the largest set of press units we’ve ever sent out for a product launch, both because so many reviewers wanted to try it out and because we wanted to show just how incredibly capable Ryzen AI Max is across a range of use cases. The reviews and videos posted today cover gaming, DIY PC building, machine learning, homelab, Linux workstation, and general PC productivity scenarios. Reviewers called out the multi-core performance, the workloads that 128GB of memory can enable, how quiet the system is both at idle and under load, and surprise at just how tiny it is. Here are some of our favorite highlights:

"Framework did good with this one. AMD really blew it out of the water with the 395+. We're spoiled to have such incredible hardware available for Linux at such appealing discounts over similar stuff from Cupertino. What a great time to love open source software and tinker-friendly hardware!"

– DHH

"This is exactly the kind of setup that I want personally for personal AI. Think Poe from Altered Carbon meets Home Assistant, without ridiculous heat and power requirements."

– Level1Linux

"I understand why companies are marketing this APU as an AI gaming box. Because at high settings with 1440p and FSR 3.0 set to balanced, I never dropped under 60 fps... It did all this while consuming 100 watts under load and never going above 60C. That's insane."

– Salem Techsperts

We have a large number of pre-orders​ of both the system and Mainboards that we're working through, and we’re ramping production as quickly as we can. Pre-orders are still open, with the current open batch shipping in Q4. We’re continuing to build out both the documentation and the ecosystem around the product. We now carry our favorite wireless gamepad, the 8BitDo Ultimate 2C in the Framework Marketplace in US and Canada for those of you who want to bring your Framework Desktop into the living room. We’re also writing more guides around the machine learning use case, starting with a getting started guide on using LM Studio for local AI. This is a topic that is evolving quickly. OpenAI launched their new gpt-oss-120b model just this week, and it works out of the box on Framework Desktop too!

If you want to get hands on with Framework Desktop and the rest of our product line-up, we’ll be at a number of events across the US, Europe, and Taiwan over the next few months. Stop by our booths, pick up some stickers, and say hi to the team!

• Quakecon - August 7 - 10 in Grapevine, TX
• COSCUP - August 9 - 10 in Taipei, TW
• Open Source Summit Europe - August 25 - 27 in Amsterdam, NL
• PAX West - August 29 - September 1 in Seattle, WA
• Rails World - September 4 - 5 in Amsterdam, NL
• Maker Faire Bay Area - September 26 - 28 in Vallejo, CA
• Texas Linux Festival - October 3 - 4 in Austin, TX
• TwitchCon - October 17 - 19 in San Diego, CA
• Hackaday Supercon - October 31 - November 2 in Pasadena, CA

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We’re on track to complete shipping for Batches 0–2 by the end of July. However, due to production constraints at our final assembly factory in Taiwan, we now expect to ship Batches 3–6 in August instead of the original July timeline. Our team is working hard to both resolve the constraints and accelerate production, and we’ll ship orders as soon as they’re ready. If the shipping timing of your Batch changes, we’ll share an update, and we’ll also send you an email when we begin preparing your batch for shipment.

In the meantime, we’ve started publishing guides and other documentation to help you get up and running. You can check out the Quick Start guide, along with setup instructions for Windows and the Linux distros we recommend.

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We have a lot of updates to share with you today: Framework Laptop 12 press reviews are live and shipments are starting, Framework Laptop 13 (AMD Ryzen 300 Series) is now in stock, and we have a number of events coming up!

Let’s start with Framework Laptop 12. This is a 12.2” touchscreen convertible laptop that is highly repairable, durable, and upgradeable, and it comes in five awesome colorways. It’s also my personal favorite of our four product lines and the computer I use most day-to-day. There is something deeply lovable about this colorful little machine, and reviewers agree. Here are a few of our favorite write-ups and videos:

The Best Laptop on Earth... is almost too easy to fix

– JerryRigEverything

"It’s hard not to love the Framework 12 — this is not just a laptop, it’s a statement. The first 2‑in‑1 modular touchscreen from Framework, with a bright 1200p display, stylus support, and an eye-catching mint-and-pink design, shows how great modular and repairable tech can look and feel."

– The Verge

"The build quality on the Framework Laptop 12 is very nice and complies with MIL-STD-810 durability standards. It's not too thick yet not too thin and is the right balance of portability and durability. In fact, one of the better feeling convertible devices I have tested over the years at Phoronix."

– Phoronix

We’re in full production ramp now on Framework Laptop 12 and will start shipping the first units out of our warehouse in Taiwan this week. Pre-orders are still open, with the currently open batch shipping in Q3. There is a way to get one sooner though by making a $250 USD or greater donation to Hack Club, a non-profit helping high schoolers learn how to code and make. That gets you into Batch 0, which ships first. We’ll be closing Batch 0 and Hack Club donations at 5pm Pacific this Friday, so jump in now if you’re interested. We’re getting close to $100,000 in donations, so thank you to everyone who has participated so far!

Next, we’ve processed all Framework Laptop 13 (AMD Ryzen 300 Series) pre-orders, and new orders now ship directly from inventory within five business days. We’re seeing this generation rapidly become a default choice for power users and developers on Linux. The review of it at Phoronix explains exactly why!

Finally, we want to give as many of you as possible a chance to get hands on with our products, so we’re scaling up participation in more events this year. Our next one is the Open Source Summit North America in Denver from 6/23 to 6/25. We’ll be at Booth B2 with our full product lineup and members of the Framework team. Next, we’ll be at ISTELive in San Antonio from 6/29 to 7/2 at Booth 3029. This is one of the largest Edtech conferences in the world, so we’ll have a special focus on Framework Laptop 12. We’ll have more events in North America and Europe throughout the year, and we hope to see you at one of them!

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