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Framework is selling a cheap modular laptop


The world’s most upgradeable laptop is now $499.

The company says this is a first for its affordable “ B-stock Factory Seconds ” machines that use leftover parts and ship without memory or storage included. Framework writes in its announcement that it’s also selling refurbished DDR4 RAM for half what it would cost new “to reduce the all-in price.” The base B-stock Laptop 13 configuration is one step up from the version that Monica Chin said in her Verge review was “uniquely friendly to user upgrades,” but notably lacked available screen or GPU upgrades. It might not get you silky frame rates in Helldivers 2,but you’ll certainly be able to whip up a mess of documents or stream TV shows without worrying about what happens when your fan breaks.

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