# Framework Computer A laptop company that lets people own, repair and upgrade their computer. It gives the means of computation back to the user. - Mission: "Remaking consumer electronics to respect people and the planet."^[https://github.com/frameworkcomputer] - The company has a reason to exist beyond "cool" or "more". Most consumer electronics brands do not. See [[What's your mission]]. - Founded by Nirav Patel in San Francisco. First laptop shipped in 2021. ## Why it matters - **Evergreen hardware.** You upgrade one part, not the whole machine. - New mainboards fit old Laptop 13 chassis. An old mainboard can live on as a home server. - Expansion Cards swap ports in seconds (USB-C, HDMI, storage). - Laptop 16 adds a swappable Expansion Bay (for GPUs) and hot-swap input modules. - **Repair is the default.** Every part has a QR code and a guide. Parts sell on the Framework Marketplace. - **Open hardware.** 112 public repos.^[https://github.com/frameworkcomputer] - Expansion Card CAD and reference designs. Anyone can design and build a card. - Mainboard docs and CAD for Laptop 12, 13, 16 and Desktop. Desktop includes printable mechanical parts. - Embedded Controller firmware is open. Coreboot work is public. - Pattern: give away the interface, sell the core product. See [[Open source is often misunderstood]]. ## E-waste facts - The world made 62 million tonnes of e-waste in 2022.^[Global E-waste Monitor 2024, UNITAR/ITU] - That is about 7.8 kg per person per year. - Only 22.3% was formally collected and recycled. - E-waste grows ~2.6 Mt a year. The forecast is 82 Mt by 2030. - Modular, repairable devices attack the root cause: short device lives. > [!note] > Karan plans to buy one. ---- tags: #boat #hardware links: [[Companies]] [[Device modularity]] [[Right to Repair]] [[Open source is often misunderstood]]