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465 points susanthenerd | 1 comments | 26 Aug 25 15:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.206s | source
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bodge5000 ◴[26 Aug 25 16:12 UTC] No.45028546[source]▶
I'm glad the AMD GPU option still exists, I don't have great experience with NVIDIA on Linux. The rest of the upgrades, like the new top cover and keyboard, are very welcome
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jvanderbot ◴[26 Aug 25 16:37 UTC] No.45028941[source]▶
It'd be nice if I could upgrade my old Framework into this spec. Infinitely upgradeable is nice on a per product line basis. But new product lines still lead to obsolescence and in this case regret.
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chpatrick ◴[26 Aug 25 16:50 UTC] No.45029123[source]▶
You can upgrade your old Framework 16 to this. Framework 13 wouldn't work anyway because it's a different chassis.
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jvanderbot ◴[26 Aug 25 18:28 UTC] No.45030397[source]▶
That's exactly my point. When I bought the 13 I figured there would be these kinds of upgrades down the road. You're right to say that was stupid and it was. And next there will be the framework 17, a 16 that's not backwards compatible or something?
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1. dangus ◴[27 Aug 25 02:26 UTC] No.45034808[source]▶
I think you are making up a scenario that is not real.

You assume Framework will just abandon models willy nilly and make slight model line changes to break compatibility like moving from 16” to 17”, but in reality they have no track record of doing that.

The original 13” model has been around for 5+ years and it’s been 100% forward and backward compatible through multiple iterations of parts. Framework has never discontinued a product line.

Obviously we can’t predict the future.