Got my new FW 13, AMD, DIY version. It took all of 10 minutes to go from opening the shipping box to having a fully assembled, powered up laptop.
So I built a "whitebook’ Asus Z96J back in like 2008 or so, and it wasn’t that hard but it was definitely not this easy. Opening the packaging was harder than assembling the computer. This was so damn simple, I feel almost cheated. Anyone else ever had this sense?
Incredible engineering on the part of the entire framework team. If FW 16 has even half this level of simplicity yet polish, they ought to sell a billion of them.
Same. I had a small correction to make with the wiring at the left hand hinge before the bezel went on, but it was likely my fault to begin with, and it certainly wasn’t a big deal.
I’m sure a small minority of people are having difficulties, and that sucks.
After reading so many complaints on this sub, I was expecting a disaster. It was going to be impossible to assemble, then it wasn’t going to boot, then I’d have the wrong brand of RAM, then the hinges would be so springy that I couldn’t read the screen because it was bouncing up and down so hard, and the neighbors would be calling bylaw about my fan noise…
For those still waiting, relax. This is a really great laptop, and the vast majority will be super happy with it.