Framework: Interview with Nirav CEO & Founder

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00:00 Intro
01:01 The Framework Difference
02:35 What's New for 2024
05:58 New SD Card Reader
06:38 Webcam
08:45 Why Is Core Ultra Delayed?
12:52 Is an AMD Zen 5 Framework Coming?
15:43 Avoiding CoPilot
18:57 Battery Drain During Sleep
23:16 Trackpad Palm Rejection
23:44 Framework Trackpoint Keyboard
24:12 Framework Speakers
28:54 Will Framework Expand Beyond Laptops?
30:02 So Long and Thanks for All the Fishes

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[taiz.i]

As many comments in the Framework forum have already said, a haptic trackpad would be nice.

[raute]

Nirav is such a breath of fresh air. Hope that framework will remain successful for decades to come!

[michalsvihla]

Can't wait for my repairable Framework washing machine in 2034. Hopefully a repairable electric car by 2044.

[gamebred]

Hey…ur channel helped me a lot for buying my 1st ever gaming laptop. Thank you, I bought the legion 7i 2024 white. And m very happy with it.

[joecincotta]

Some observations about this interview:
1. This interview should be a case study for how to conduct interviews. It's not adversarial in any way, but it's not asking soft questions either. Strikes an excellent balance and Josh articulated himself so incredibly well. Gosh. So refreshing.

2. Omg, I knew nothing about Framework and now I want to support that mission - what a great CEO, company and product. This is like a corporate CSG wet dream - if they can achieve scale to a point corporate clients think of them like a 'lenovo on steroids' they could totally dominate - and I really hope they do!

[enesbala]

Bought a Framework 13" a few months ago based on your reviews (the programming angle was very important to me). Very happy with my purchase so far. Thank you!

Also, I wanted to add that I really appreciate your coverage of the company overall, and hope to see more videos with them soon. All the best!

[SFtheWolf]

14:45 thank you so much for being one of the few tech people on youtube outright acknowledging that even *if* "AI" worked as advertised the hardware products being pushed for it right now still don't have a use case

[cameronbosch]

16:09 EXACTLY. What's the point of adding a useless A.I. key that removes a better key (the right control key, which I do use quite often)? Nothing, that's what!

Also, even if Framework would have to add the key for their Windows preloaded laptops, they could still keep their Linux keyboards without it (and with a Super key instead of a Windows key like what they currently offer).

As somebody who was concerned about some of the "issues" brought by some "reviewers" and Josh after pre-ordering my Framework Laptop 16, I can safely say that none of those "issues" are actual issues on my unit. Would I like a more powerful dGPU? Of course! But after seeing more and more OEMs make good laptops and then make them worse in many ways just a few years later (the 2022 Legion 7i to the 2023/2024 models, the recent XPS laptops, among others), I can safely say that Framework is actually keeping the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" vibe I'd expect from other OEMs but those other OEMs haven't done.

[bruxis]

I love how knowledgeable Nirav is on challenges his team has been facing and can speak well to them, I hope expanding to non-laptop products won't lead to dilution of the vision or attention to specific product categories

[hanks_]

The framework phone with support for Graphene OS would be game changing

[EdvardHolst]

Nice interview. I wished you’d asked about how they will deal with the fact that they eventually will have to abandon backward compatibility with the framework 13 when redesigning the chassis, etc.

[deersakamoto]

Wish all CEOs were this knowledgeable about the products they sell

[dontpokethebear]

Framework 16 with one of the new ASUS/Razer 16” 2k/240hz OLEDs with Strix Halo next year… I’m buying.

[fungt]

Coming into year 4 with my laptop with a 4k oled display. It's been repasted 3x, gone through 2 sets of fans and 4 ssds. The idea that it's junk once the gpu or cpu goes is pretty sad. Keeping an eye on framework for my next laptop.

[b]

I upgraded my original fw 13 with intel 11th gen to a zen 4 platform, and I'm getting the new display soon. Cool to have the same system get these really meaningful upgrades for very reasonable prices. Here's hoping Framework continues to do well and is able to offer more modules and upgrades to fit various user's needs and preferences - personally really hoping we get some more customization in the keyboards - ortholinear layouts, or even fully custom layouts could be a game changer.

edit: as for touchpad palm rejection/trackpoint - I haven't had any issues with palm rejection on linux under gnome, but the trackpoint would be excellent!

edit 2: for sound on the framework, especially the framework 16, I feel like there should be more of a focus on EQ (either software, or in the codec). The speakers can be *significantly* improved for very little cpu performance cost with easy effects on linux, or APO on windows.

[noahcuroe]

The most recent framework laptop improvements have finally put them on the map for my next laptop purchase. They've proven with their actions that they are committed to the upgradability concept and seeing such major and impressive QoL improvements with things like the high refresh rate display really helps me to believe in the companies mission and believe that they will deliver. Hats off to the CEO for such excellent transparency and Framework's excellent job taking feedback from the community. It's really nice to know that the improvements will keep coming, and that if I bought a framework today, I'd be able to take advantage of those improvements without needing to buy a whole new laptop. Awesome stuff!

[cajun_canuck]

Waiting for the mythical Framework 16" Strix Point/Halo with LPCAMM2, but I do have a timeline. Absolutely love the vision and concept.

[mickaelsflow]

If ever they expand further than laptop, I'd love for them to create a best in class 3-in-1, like Minisforum did/tried. Or a great x86 tablet.

[davitdavid]

Maybe a touchscreen 14 would be nice? Tablets are notoriously unrepairable, so framework would have a big advantage
I would also maybe like a laptop build for an egpu. The port could be proprietary, but open source so it can become standardised

[microcolonel]

I'd love to hear what Framework is going to do about the move to LPDDR-only platforms like Zen5 and Core Ultra Series 2. They're basically going to have to adopt LPCAMM2 which could be challenging.