Post #1779087
2026-04-21 20:56 UTC
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@ilinamorato@lemmy.world 2026-04-22 10:20
They did a video where they swapped parts from a first generation FW13 with a FW13Pro. There were only two caveats: one, if you want the Pro battery on your older laptop, you have to buy a new bottom panel too because they made the battery bigger for a longer life and it won’t fit in the old cover. And two, depending on your architecture, the Wi-Fi modules might not be interchangeable. Everything else was able to be swapped, though.
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@naeap@sopuli.xyz 2026-04-22 12:03
Yeah, the black chassis looks fucking awesome I’m having a Framework 16 and during work in a warehouse I produced a major scratch on it. Would love to either do a cover up “tattoo” (like laser engraving) or just switch to a black chassis, if it becomes available for the F16 Either way, those things fucking rock My little brother has an old ThinkPad, which I regard as good. But the keyboard starts to die and he bought a new keyboard to replace. You need to disassemble the complete laptop, just to change the keyboard - and there are a fuckload of screws and flimsy connectors. Because of that age, I also guess, that those flimsy plastic brackets, holding the flat rippon cables, while easily break - at least that happend to me, when I tried to repair an really old piece of hardware The idea of Framework is absolutely great The only thing, that worries me, is the massive use of magnets, because working in a dirty industrial environment, it sucks up all the little metal pieces - and that killed the speakers of my last laptops at least, and brought that shit into PCB environment Still, at its so easy to disassemble, I can just pull out the modules, even while the laptop is running, clean them up and put them back. Fucking love this thing! Ok, only wanted to say something about this nice black chassis and got carried off…
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@otter@lemmy.ca 2026-04-21 21:00
This page has info on parts and upgrades https://frame.work/ca/en/laptop13pro?tab=upgrade-to-pro
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@ygurin@lemmy.world 2026-04-23 01:42
The new bottom cover requires the new battery, new speakers and new audio board, as well as the new input cover (graphite or silver). So you are limited to either getting a new input cover or getting the entire bottom kit.