AMD’s mobile chips supply gaming prowess in a tiny chassis.
THE NEW FRAMEWORK AMD mainboard is finally here, and now I love the Framework 13 laptop. I’ve liked previous versions of this upgradeable portable PC, but while it’s a good office laptop, it never really sung to me as a device. Dropping the new AMD Ryzen 7 7840U board into this old chassis, however, has made me fall in love with this laptop in a way none of the Intel upgrades ever did.
My first experience with this laptop was as a Tiger Lake-based system with an 11th Gen Intel chip inside it, and it was fine. The 13-inch scale is great for a predominantly office-focused notebook—the design is slim and simple, the modular ports are great, and I love the 16:10 aspect ratio of the sharp, glossy 2256 x 1504 resolution screen.