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Let’s start with the gadget part: yes, the tiny 4.5-liter gaming desktop that Framework announced yesterday is just as cool in person as it was in Framework’s photos, and yes, it can game.

I waxed lyrical about the Framework Laptop Chromebook Edition’s awesome design back in 2023, and now I’m getting excited all over again - because Framework is finally making a desktop PC.

While laptops may be great for portable computing, a desktop computer can flex some serious muscle for working on the most demanding applications or playing the latest graphics-intensive games.

Framework, the modular computer company, has just announced its first desktop PC, which is something it absolutely did not need to do because desktops are already modular — but I’m glad it did.

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After four years of producing modular, repairable, and upgradeable laptops, Framework is branching out into desktops with the introduction of a new Framework Desktop computer. It’s a 4.5 liter ...

The original Framework Laptop’s sales pitch was that it wanted to bring some of the modularity and repairability of the desktop PC ecosystem to a functional, thin-and-light laptop. For nearly ...

The modular computing company, Framework, deviated from its usual hardware lineup, showcasing its first desktop PC at a launch event in San Francisco, California on Tuesday. The new product ...

But on the other… Strix Halo!We've been super-excited about this AMD-built beast of an APU prospect. It's a proper Zen 4 chiplet processor, with up to 16 cores and up to 40 RDNA 3.5 compute ...

Going Inside the Framework Desktop On the downside, the Framework Desktop doesn’t have enough space for a dedicated graphics card. Instead, it relies on an integrated AMD Radeon 8060S GPU, which ...