Framework’s Laptop 13 Pro looked and felt fantastic when the company showed it off in April. Unfortunately, a pair of manufacturing issues has delayed first shipments by about a month, pushing delivery out closer to…
Thunderbolt’s rival, Oculink, has always suffered from a big problem: the lack of PCs that choose to support it. Now this high-speed external I/O connection for gamers has found support from an unexpected source in…
I usually give Framework laptops a bit of a pass. After all, they’re the upgradeable, modular laptop that you’ll want to live with for years, right? Not the new Framework Laptop 13 Pro. It’s something…
If you want an ongoing tally of how bad the “AI” bubble is for consumers, all you need to do is look at RAM prices. Laptops, game consoles, and cell phones are going up, too,…
If you’ve been watching the tech news lately, there’s just one story you’ve probably seen… Black Friday. But if you’ve seen two stories, you’ve probably read about RAM prices going absolutely wall-bouncing bonkers. In addition…
Last year, Framework expanded its options for fully modular and repairable laptops into a new 16-inch form factor, with added space for a discrete graphics card. At the time, AMD’s Radeon series was the only…
At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Extremely detailed assembly instructions Simple but configurable Powerful AMD Ryzen AI Max+ chip inside An overall sense of quality Cons Memory is soldered and is not upgradable Attaching the…
This may come as a surprise: Though I work at PCWorld, I don’t build computers. Well, I can. I have. But it’s one thing to buy a few thousand dollars’ worth of parts and then…
At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros A repairable and customizable 2-in-1 laptop Swappable ports Reasonable performance for its class A microphone shutoff switch! Cons Battery life is on the lower side Not quite a budget…
The unpredictable chaos of the Trump administration’s tariff whims put modular laptop maker Framework through a gauntlet this week, who removed its lowest-cost designs and delayed the scheduled pre-order of the new and affordable Laptop…