This is a Framework laptop. In case you haven’t heard of them, they’re a very serviceable, upgradable, well, take apart. We can just flip a little lever here and start pulling it apart while I’m sitting here. And I really love this concept. It’s not new. It’s newly executed, I should say. Years and years have gone by and as a early adopter of PC building in the9s and my start of my career through the 2000s, the buildable laptop was always presented but never really delivered. And having a laptop that I can, as I said while I’m sitt here, let’s keep taking pieces off of is pretty interesting. We’re going to pop this little cover off here. I did buy this used from my friend Wendell at Level One Text. Uh, so I’ll leave a link to his review of this laptop from a while ago when he got it. He’s uh put it through the ringer a little bit by his own admission. It’s got some mileage on it. There’s some scratches and dings and I’ve used the crap out of it. So, you’re not buying anything that’s pristine and I got it and there was a few scuffs on it, but you know, that’s not a big deal. I put a skin on it and I have been enjoying the laptop. So, let’s dive a little deeper into this review. The system is well speced. It’s running an AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS with an integrated Radeon 780M graphics card and has the upgraded AMD Radeon graphics, the 7700S GPU, 32 gigs of RAM, and all this running on Abuntu 254, but I might try Pop OS later. I’ve had zero compatibility issues so far, which tracks because Linux supports become really good in 2025. Ubuntu even did a few firmware updates for me. And the most important part is there’s no suspend bugs, no fans running like it’s about to lift off, just solid performance. I do want to mention one minor issue with Wayland. It was not consistently available on boot, which you would default to X11, but I added a small delay in GDM and that seemed to solve that issue. Now, I’m not going to go full tear down mode here. That’s been done by many other people, and lots of other hardware tearown details are available on the framework site. So, if you want to see this thing dissected, check out the videos from Level One Text and iFixit. You’ll find those linked down below. What I really want to talk about is what makes this laptop special to me. It’s the philosophy behind it. Framework isn’t just making another laptop. They’re building something that’s repairable, modular, and built to last. That might sound simple, but it’s practically revolutionary in a world where most devices are glued shut, designed for creating e-waste and tied to upgrade cycles that just expect you to fully replace them. This isn’t a laptop you buy and throw away when it’s slow or the battery fades. It’s when you upgrade, tinker with, and extend. You want a faster CPU when the next generation comes out? Swap the mainboard. Need better ports or more storage? Just pop in a new expansion card. You’re not locked into some monolithic slab of corporate design decisions. In a lot of ways, this feels like a return to the DIY spirit that got many of us into tech in the first place. I don’t love this laptop because it’s perfect, but because it respects the user. It gives you choices instead of taking them away. Now, I’m going to be honest here about the compromises because there are a few. First, it’s not really light and slim, but neither are most 16-inch laptops with these specs. The webcam microphone though, not great. Not unusual, but if you do any kind of content creation, video calls, voiceovers, you’re going to notice. Probably not the best webcam, even with good lighting. Coming from a MacBook Air, which honestly really punches above its weight in that department, the framework’s media input feels like a step down. But one big step up is that when you slide the privacy shield, the camera is actually physically disconnected, which is a really nice touch. But that’s also the trade-off with a company that’s prioritizing modularity and openness over tuning every component for one that has that Apple level polish. And to be fair, I’d rather have a replaceable webcam module that’s mediocre today than a glued-in one that if it dies in a few years and is not anyways serviceable. You’ll probably replace the entire laptop due to all the glue they use to put it together. So, who’s this laptop for? If you want something thin, light, locked down for maximum simplicity, this isn’t your thing. But if you’re the kind of person who sees hardware as something to be tinkered with, understood, upgraded, the Framework 16 starts to make a lot of sense. It’s not just a device you’re buying. It’s a platform. And in a market where most laptops are completely disposable, that’s a radical idea that Framework’s been delivering on since 2021. Now, that’s all I have for this review. I’m going to keep using this laptop as my daily travel driver. I might add a number pad or maybe just keep the programmable blinky light spacer things on the side. I don’t really know what to call them, but they’re pretty cool. It’s nice to have options and if anything breaks, I’ll probably just be excited as an excuse to open it up again and well, maybe swap around some things. If you found this [Music]