Nice! The 64 GB kit is still expensive though. So glad I got my 64GB GSkill 5600 kit just before the Prime Day sale when it was $175.

Amazon seems to raise prices before their.big advertised sales just to bring it back down a bit to make it seem like a good deal

The 8bitdo M30 controller went for $18 before Black Friday sale. It went back up to $30 JUST before Black Friday but you get a 5% off coupon. Thanks Amazon. /s

I’m sure an ARM-based system can be done within the same motherboard form factor with both the 13 and 16. I don’t expect Framework to do it themselves anytime soon. They may not be the first to take it up on the first generation either. I’d rather makers do it themselves as a pet project since they are the trailblazers. A PoC (proof of concept) as it were.

I don’t have the skills to do something like that, but it would be cool to see if someone creates a carrier board that lets a RPi work in a FW chassis. Or maybe an even more powerful ARM or even RISC-V based single board computer.

After all that’s been said, try redownloading the Windows 11 installer and put it on a different USB drive. Trying to eliminate the possibility of a bad Windows install.

I always wanted a laptop that can be built like a desktop PC - have a standard so off-the-shelf parts can be used to build, upgrade, and repair laptops just like we already can with PCs. Framework has open sourced a lot of their hardware so I’m hoping their laptop designs (only two so far) will become the standard. FW13 and FW16 wouldn’t just be model monikers. They will be industry standard form factors like AT, ATX, and ITX.

That’s my wishful thinking at least.

OP, why such a cryptic post? Was very confused until I read other comments to get some context, lol.

I’m also interested in something like this for the FW16. Pockets for extra expansion cards and the screwdriver/spudger is a great idea.

They’re not small files. They are large MAME CHD files.