Framework Has Good News And Bad News

Thanks to nan constituent crisis, it’s a bad clip to want a caller computer. But if you are waiting connected a preorder for nan Framework Laptop 13 Pro — which Framework’s CEO has called nan “MacBook Pro for Linux users” — nan institution shared bully news connected Thursday that mightiness mean yours will costs little than you expected. The company announced that it has secured cheaper caller PCIe Gen 5 SSDs from its supplier, Adata, and if you had put successful an bid for a configuration pinch a 500GB SSD, you’ll now get a 1TB SSD astatine a little price. Framework besides said you tin besides now bid configurations pinch nan caller 1TB aliases 2TB SSDs onboard, though I’m not seeing them successful nan DIY configurator yet.

But Framework has immoderate bad news, too. The institution says that it has “gotten signals that CPU pricing will beryllium expanding soon,” truthful it expects that it will person to “adjust nan wide strategy value connected Framework Laptop 13 Pro successful nan coming weeks for caller orders.” Not a awesome motion for nan constituent crisis, which has already led to awesome value increases crossed tech hardware, including immoderate besides announced connected Thursday for Apple devices and Xbox consoles.

Framework initially announced nan Laptop 13 Pro in April and primitively planned to vessel nan first units successful June. The institution precocious delayed those first shipments to July owed to issues pinch nan laptop’s haptic touchpad and its civilization display.