There's a lot to like about Framework, from its modular approach to gaming laptop upgrades and hardware repairability, to the company's candour regarding the memory supply crisis.
Pre-orders for a 12 GB version of the Framework Laptop 16 graphics module recently went live. Powered by the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070, it's fair to expect this to go for a pretty penny—but at $1,199, the 12 GB pre-orders cost twice as much as the 8 GB modules.
TechPowerUp highlighted this fact on X, to which the official Framework account responded, "Thanks @OpenAI." When another user argued that the 12 GB module should cost less, Framework replied, "Feel free to start a laptop company and see what suppliers quote you for GDDR7."
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