Repairable electronics agency Framework simply introduced a brand new tackle the corporate’s signature laptop computer. Produced in affiliation with Google, the corporate is releasing the Framework Laptop Chromebook Edition. As the title suggests, it’s an iteration of the Framework Laptop particularly designed for ChromeOS.

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The system is up for preorder within the U.S. and Canada beginning right this moment, and is predicted to start out transport round early December, in line with the agency. Starting at $999, the system may be very a lot on the excessive finish of the Chromebook pricing part, coming in at practically double programs from corporations like Samsung. It’s as an alternative priced to compete with the likes of Google’s personal Pixelbook.

Of course, person repairability and customization ought to — and do — imply loads to many shoppers. One may actually make a convincing argument that you just’re getting lots of bang on your buck with a system that may be saved alive longer than a pre-fab laptop computer.

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Devin had some good issues to say about the usual system, noting, “if you think about that money […] as the beginning of an investment, and one that will prevent you from having to buy another computer 3-4 years from now, it starts to make more sense.” Of course, common system begins a extra reasonably priced $819.

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Of the pricing, the corporate tells TechCrunch:

The Framework Laptop Chromebook Edition takes the identical i5-1240P processor with 4+8 cores working at as much as 30W that we have now within the Base model of the Framework Laptop (twelfth Gen Intel Core), with a beginning value that’s $50 decrease. With this product, we wish to reset individuals’s expectations of what Chromebooks are able to. We’ve taken the present Framework Laptop design, efficiency, and modular ecosystem, and created a model with ChromeOS loaded onto it.

The system contains an aluminum body, a 13.5-inch show with a 2256 x 1504 decision (identical because the Framework Laptop). That’s powered by a twelfth Gen Intel Core i5 processor, 8GB of RAM and 257GB of storage. That’s all upgradable, in fact — customization is the secret. There’s assist for USB-C, USB-A, MicroSD, HDMI, DisplayPort and Ethernet ports — you select the facet.

Replaceable parts and modules can be on sale alongside the brand new system.