No other laptop maker would let me cannibalise the best bit of its new machine the way Framework does and that's a damned shame

Framework 13 Intel Core Ultra Series 1 laptop.

Dave James, Editor-in-chief hardware

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This month I have been mostly flapping about with new laptops, from upgradeable Intel Core Ultra devices to Snapdragon Elite machines. And dealing with Jacob's complaints about the grim state of the office, which admittedly is entirely my fault. 

I did not love the new Framework 13 laptop. The latest machine to come from the only company to put repairability and upgradeability at the forefront of its laptop design, sports the new Intel Meteor Lake mainboard, the Core Ultra Series 1. And, honestly, that new Intel chip doesn't really do a whole lot for the Framework 13 as a whole.