Image description: Image shows batches 1, 2 and 3 sold out for the Ryzen 7 7840HS which costs $1,399.

For now both DIY and prebuild edition (all configurations) are in batch 4 which ships in late Q4 2023.

    • WrittenWeird@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Big-yet-thin, affordable Ryzen laptops with the option to add a real GPU to, that are just as upgradeable (component wise, if not market-availability wise) as a desktop?

      Demand is high. Demand will remain high.

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        1 year ago

        I can’t be the only one waiting to see more “real people” reviews of production units before plunking down money. I don’t upgrade laptops frequently and I don’t want to buy something buggy (i.e. Linux compatibility for wifi, ACPI, battery life, etc).

        And while I’m waiting, I haven’t looked into a good answer to the USB-C dock story for the AMD versions. I see a lot of ambiguous statements about USB4 “being Thunderbolt” but not a lot of concrete statements on compatibility and capability.

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      1 year ago

      Previous products took much longer for batches to sell out. Even the AMD framework 13 laptops didn’t sell this fast and they were the #1 thing the community had been asking for for about a year.

      We (sadly) can’t tell how many units are in a batch. But we can tell that demand is far exceeding their expectations.

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        1 year ago

        At this point idk if it’s exceeding their expectations, they just literally don’t have enough money to invest into more production yet.

        Hopefully that problem will become more and more alleviated as they sell more and more devices.

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          1 year ago

          Yeah can’t imagine that will remain a problem for too much longer if they continue to sell out like this

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      1 year ago

      Their website crashed shortly after pre-orders went live. Could be a coincidence, could be high demand. Could also be crappy server infrastructure.

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      1 year ago

      If you find the Linus tech tips video on Linus’s investment in the company, you might see why. Very interesting!

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        1 year ago

        I thought it was insane that they take apart a fully built laptop to sell the diy version.

        It’s way more work for Framework, but they charge less for the diy model.

        I wonder if user comfort with modifying internals on the diy model creates more sales in the long run, because customers can visualize what they’d be doing when installing an upgrade.

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          I think the DIY model doesn’t include some components in the base price and that is why it is cheaper. Once you configure it to include other components it is a comparable price.

          It seems the DIY option will only really save you money if you already have those components or if you buy those other components cheaply somewhere else.

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            1 year ago

            I mean the easiest save on components is Ram and SSD storage. its far cheaper in the market then at asking price.

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          1 year ago

          That definitely seemed the like the most jank part of their production line. You’d hope they come up with a fix for that. I wouldn’t be surprised if a significant portion of their sales are DIY, so getting that right has to be pretty important.

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            1 year ago

            DIY or not they still need to test the laptop fully assembled before shipping so I don’t see a way around that.

    • suth@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Yeah, how many batches have sold through doesn’t tell us anything unless we know how many are in each one.