Framework has been promoting and upgrading the upgrade-and-repair-friendly Framework Laptop computer 13 for practically 4 years now, and in early 2024 it introduced a bigger, extra highly effective Framework Laptop 16. At a product occasion at this time, the corporate confirmed off what it known as “an early preview” of its third laptop computer design, the convertible, budget-focused Framework Laptop computer 12.

This addition to Framework’s lineup facilities on a 12.2-inch, 1920×1200 convertible touchscreen that flips round to the again with a versatile hinge, a la Lenovo’s long-running Yoga design. Framework CEO Nirav Patel mentioned it had initially designed the programs with “college students in thoughts,” and to that finish it is available in 5 colours and makes use of a two-tone plastic physique with an inside metallic body reasonably than the largely aluminum exterior Framework has used for the 13 and 16. Framework can even promote the laptop computer with an optionally available stylus.

For higher or worse, the Framework Laptop computer 12 seems to be its personal separate system, with motherboards, equipment, and a refresh schedule distinct from the 13-inch laptop computer. Whereas the Laptop computer 13 already provides first-generation Intel Core Extremely-based and (as of at this time) AMD Ryzen AI 300-based processors, the primary Framework Laptop computer 12 motherboard goes to make use of Intel’s Thirteenth-generation Core i3 and i5 processors, initially launched again in late 2022. Regardless of the age of those chips, Framework claims the laptop computer will probably be “unusually highly effective for its class.”