Framework has launched the Laptop 13 Pro, a fully aluminum, modular laptop designed as a Linux alternative to MacBook Pro, featuring extended battery life (20 hours) and upgraded repairability that addresses enterprise demands for device longevity and total cost of ownership reduction. The company's ecosystem expansion—including external GPUs via OCuLink, improved keyboards, and modular expansion cards—signals a strategic shift toward giving organizations greater hardware flexibility and control, contrasting with industry trends toward locked-down, non-upgradeable devices. For IT leaders, this represents an emerging option for organizations seeking alternatives to proprietary hardware ecosystems, reduced e-waste, and long-term device investment strategies that align with sustainability and operational efficiency goals.
Framework CEO Nirav Patel is showing off his company’s latest modular, repairable laptops in San Francisco today. The headliner is the new Laptop 13 Pro, which is its first machine fully machined out of aluminum, and Patel says its goal is to be “the MacBook Pro for Linux users.” Read on below for all the updates from Framework’s April 2026 event. Framework’s first laptop sleeve is made of space-age Tyvek. Hmm… 🤔 that photo in Framework’s keynote looks familiar. Framework announces Laptop 13 Pro, ‘the MacBook Pro for Linux users’ Framework’s first eGPUs turn its laptop into a desktop PC Framework is filling the Laptop 16’s literal gaps with one-piece touchpad and keyboard decks. Framework is building a better couch keyboard because everyone hates the Logitech one Framework says new Laptop 13 Pro has more Netflix battery life than an M5 MacBook Pro. Stick a 10Gbps port into your Framework Desktop or Laptop. “The industry wants you to own nothing and be happy. We want you to own everything and be free.”
