Thanks for the hands-on Andrew! I like that Ars covers Framework's products. However, I don't necessarily agree with the comparison to the Air or the Surface. They're intended for completely different ...

We reviewed over 100 laptops in 2025, but for my money there's one that stands head and shoulders above the others. It wasn't the lightest, the fastest or the longest-lasting, but if I had to buy one ...

To be clear, the Framework costs significantly more than the "Dell and HP crabooks you find at Walmart", so point #1 should be obvious. Point #2: for me, if I'm buying a laptop for someone not ...

The Nintendo Switch 2 has been all the rage around the Engadget HQ for the last few weeks. Even the editors who didn't write the official review have had their hands glued to their new toys. Of course ...

Throughout their history, laptops have pretty much been viewed as time-limited commodities that users have to rely on the manufacturer for if they need support. Repairability and the ability to ...

When Framework’s repairable and upgradeable Laptop 13 came out a few years ago, it was exactly the disruption we needed in the portable computing space. Here was a laptop that let you customize its ...

The old Ryzen 9 7940HS averaged 58 degrees Celsius and reached a piping hot 93C; the new AMD Ryzen 7 AI 350 CPU averaged an internal temperature of 50C and peaked at 64C. Unfortunately, it seems the ...

The concept of open-source, modular devices appears to be working well for Framework. Founder Nirav Patel detailed at a launch event in San Francisco, California on Tuesday, that the company has seen ...

Sick of spending weeks researching laptops, only to end up stuck with one you can’t upgrade? You’re not alone. Unlike desktops, most laptops are a pain to repair—until now. Framework is changing the ...

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