Framework Laptop 13 Pro review: Much better battery, much worse price

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续航大幅提升，但价格水涨船高——Framework Laptop 13 Pro在可维修笔记本领域迈出了关键一步，却也打破了部分旧配件的兼容性。通俗地说，Framework笔记本一直以“能自己换零件、随时升级”为卖点，听起来很酷，但之前的版本有个硬伤：电池不够耐用。这次Pro版算是真正的第二代大改，重点攻克了续航问题，用更大容量的电池和优化设计，让续航时间明显变长。代价是，它的底壳、键盘、触控板和旧版电池都不能通用，如果你手里有旧版配件，升级时就得重新买这些部件了。另外，新机的价格也比老款贵了不少。对普通人来说，这意味着如果你看重笔记本能用很多年、坏了能自己修，而且愿意为更好的续航和做工多花钱，Pro版是个更成熟的选择。但如果你手上已经有旧版Framework，想直接升级电池或换壳就没那么方便了，得重新投资。总的来说，这款机器更适合那些追求极致长寿命和可维修性的极客用户，普通消费者可能要掂量一下涨价后的性价比。

I've liked the Framework Laptop 13 since the first time I used it, partly because I just think the idea of a repairable and upgradeable laptop is cool and partly because it's not Yet Another Ultraportable Trying To Be A MacBook Air Clone. But the design has always had real shortcomings—the most noticeable and serious being its mediocre battery life. Enter the Framework Laptop 13 Pro. While all previous Laptop 13 refreshes have tinkered around the edges with the original design (a tweaked lid design here, new hinges or new speakers there), the Laptop 13 Pro is as close as we've gotten to a second-generation revision for the original design. This means that it breaks backward compatibility for some (but not all) Laptop 13 components, most notably the bottom case, the keyboard and trackpad, and the original 55 WHr and 61 WHr battery designs. But by allowing itself to make larger changes to the design, Framework has made major strides in battery life and general fit and finish.Read full article Comments