The Framework 16 is the gaming laptop I've always wanted. Well… almost. If you put the Framework 16's GPU party piece into the Razer Blade 14 then you've got the gaming laptop I've always wanted, but this is certainly a vital step down that path. And without Framework there's no chance of ever getting there; it's also honestly pretty incredible this innovative machine works so well even in this first generation.
Because this here is a new breed of notebooks. One that ought to pave the way for genuinely upgradeable gaming laptops, in almost the same way we have endlessly configurable desktop PCs we can tweak to our heart's content. For all the promise of MXM modules, this is the first gaming laptop that a user can remove and replace the graphics card in only six twists of a Framework-supplied screwdriver.
