I’ve thought about this a lot before buying my AMD framework. The design is fairly dated now. It’s not as thin or light as I’d like to see in a late 2023 laptop but to me that’s acceptable for the flexibility of the expansion cards and only having to carry two extra cards (Ethernet and HDMI).

But I would assume after the 16 is in production and released to the public then a redesign of the 13 will be on the cards. I would also assume they will keep the same motherboard design. Which ultimately is the point of framework, to reduce ewaste. Probably keep as many parts as possible from the existing model and offer the new chassis to existing customers?

Mine arrived on Tuesday and it was spot on.

My Dell Inspiron 14 with 5500u definitely posts quicker. I’m using the same drive with a fresh install.

But I assume this is to do with the bios and error checking. As the bios matures I would expect it to improve.