Framework has good news and bad news

Thanks to the constituent crisis, it’s a bad clip to want a caller computer. But if you are waiting connected a preorder for the Framework Laptop 13 Pro — which Framework’s CEO has called the “MacBook Pro for Linux users” — the institution shared bully news connected Thursday that mightiness mean yours will costs little than you expected. The company announced that it has secured cheaper caller PCIe Gen 5 SSDs from its supplier, Adata, and if you had put successful an bid for a configuration pinch a 500GB SSD, you’ll now get a 1TB SSD astatine a little price. Framework besides said you tin besides now bid configurations pinch the caller 1TB aliases 2TB SSDs onboard, though I’m not seeing them successful the DIY configurator yet.

But Framework has immoderate bad news, too. The institution says that it has “gotten signals that CPU pricing will beryllium expanding soon,” truthful it expects that it will person to “adjust the wide strategy value connected Framework Laptop 13 Pro successful the coming weeks for caller orders.” Not a awesome motion for the constituent crisis, which has already led to awesome value increases crossed tech hardware, including immoderate besides announced connected Thursday for Apple devices and Xbox consoles.

Framework initially announced the Laptop 13 Pro in April and primitively planned to vessel the first units successful June. The institution precocious delayed those first shipments to July owed to issues pinch the laptop’s haptic touchpad and its civilization display.