This is my new favorite laptop, but thanks to RAMageddon the price already went up by $800

TechCloseTechPosts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All TechGadgetsCloseGadgetsPosts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All GadgetsIntelCloseIntelPosts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All IntelThis is my new favorite laptop, but thanks to RAMageddon the price already went up by $800The Framework Laptop 13 Pro has it all. But RAMageddon spiked its price.If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement.by Antonio G. Di BenedettoCloseAntonio G. Di BenedettoReviewer, LaptopsPosts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All by Antonio G. Di BenedettoJul 27, 2026, 3:00 PM UTCLinkShareGiftIf you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement.Framework’s Laptop 13 Pro looks great in black but costs lots of green. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The VergePart OfRAM price hikes: the latest on the global memory shortagesee all updates Antonio G. Di BenedettoCloseAntonio G. Di BenedettoPosts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All by Antonio G. Di Benedetto is a reviewer covering laptops and the occasional gadget. He spent over 15 years in the photography industry before joining The Verge as a deals writer in 2021.Framework laptops always come with compromises in exchange for their unique DIY premise. Even though you pay extra for one compared to sleeker options from competitors, it’s easier to excuse minor flaws for modular ports, easy repairs, and an impressive range of upgradeable parts. So what happens when Framework goes “Pro”? We get a one-of-a-kind jewel among notebooks.The 13 Pro corrects and improves many shortcomings of the regular Laptop 13. It has a bright and sharp touchscreen, the best haptic trackpad not made by Apple, and an impeccable build and feel. Take all that and marry it to a great Intel chip and cutting-edge user-replaceable LPCAMM2 memory — both of which help to better balance performance and extra-long battery life — and you’ve got something really special.But what if this all happens in the throes of RAMageddon, with ever-increasing tech prices? Well, it’s now expensive as hell, of course. Our higher-end prebuilt review unit of the Laptop 13 Pro with a Windows license was meant to cost $2,299 when it arrived at my door, but after fresh memory price increases it’s now a nausea-inducing $3,099.An $800 price increase before reaching a single customer. We’ve seen lots of recent sticker shock, but this one especially hurts.8Verge ScoreFramework Laptop 13 Pro (Intel Core Ultra X7 358H)$3099$3099The GoodModular, repairable, and upgradeable, as we’ve come to expect from FrameworkUltra X7 has very good performance (even for some 1080p gaming) and great battery lifeExcellent build quality and a great keyboard and haptic trackpadNice IPS touchscreen with 3:2 aspect ratioThe BadVery expensive because of RAMChassis gets very hot under full load Slightly lackluster speakers$3099 at Framework (Intel Core Ultra X7 358H, Windows, prebuilt)How we rate and review productsComponent report cardScreen: BWebcam: BKeyboard: ATrackpad: APort selection: ASpeakers: CNumber of ugly stickers to remove: 1 on the Windows prebuilt (but only on the bottom)The Laptop 13 Pro is an all-black machine with an exquisite matte finish. It actually looks black instead of some variation of dark gray, and it feels rigid and well crafted — far from the hodgepodge erector set of its bigger cousin, the Laptop 16, or the good but slightly lower-quality build of the standard Laptop 13. Inside the 13 Pro are new Intel Panther Lake chips with LPCAMM2 RAM, or it can be optioned with last-gen AMD processors and slower SODIMM DDR5 memory. Our prebuilt review unit has a