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Why the Framework 13 Cuts E-Waste and Increases Lifespan

A Practical Installation Guide

Feb. 10, 2025 -

Consumer electronics often lock us into sealed hardware and forced upgrades, creating enormous e-waste. Framework challenges that norm by making laptops you can service, upgrade, and customise, which extends their lifespan and cuts down on unnecessary e-waste. My Framework 13 arrived this week and I assembled it myself. This post is a quick rundown of what that process involved, why I chose this brand, and what’s next.

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Freshly assembled, looking good.
Freshly assembled, looking good.
The laptop features swappable port modules, enabling you to choose your own ports for I/O.
The laptop features swappable port modules, enabling you to choose your own ports for I/O.
Using Windows to install Linux, who doesn't love some sweet irony.
Using Windows to install Linux, who doesn't love some sweet irony.
Installing the display's bezel is easy, you can chose many different colours - I chose boring black.
Installing the display's bezel is easy, you can chose many different colours - I chose boring black.
Framework 13: a better laptop made with love - and assembled by myself.
Framework 13: a better laptop made with love - and assembled by myself.
The keyboard cover snaps into position using magnets and is secured when you tighten the screws in the bottom cover
The keyboard cover snaps into position using magnets and is secured when you tighten the screws in the bottom cover

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