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.
Yup. I was stunned how easy it was to assemble my batch 3 FW 13 AMD too.
It would have taken 10 minutes if it weren’t for having to adjust the bezel a few times as the cable in the left hinge took a bit of work to keep it within the guides as I attached it.
Very impressed with the thinness of this laptop. I compared it to my Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Nano Gen 1 laptop and found its width and depth to be less than a 1" difference as expected given 12" vs. 13" screens. However, I was not expecting the FW 13 to be roughly the same thickness!
Considering I paid ~$400 for four year extended warranty with drop/accident coverage for that X1 Nano to protect my investment, the FW 13 definitely has lower up front costs.