# Framework Laptop 13 336 Hacker News commenters recommended Framework Laptop 13 and 158 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 12 of 13 months; owners who said how long report a median of 2 years (46 owners). It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule. **Verdict:** Recommended for repairability and upgradability, letting owners swap parts and mainboards instead of replacing the laptop; critics cite weaker battery life, especially on Linux, and quality glitches. ## Why people recommend it - Repairable and user-upgradable (11 comments): "Repairability isn’t an exciting “wow factor” gimmick, it’s something that should’ve been table stakes for decades, and Framework is delivering on it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45923218)) "Upgradability and repairability are really nice features, but the machine still needs to otherwise be an upgrade over the one it's replacing." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47865818)) "I am now ever so happy when they mentioned being able to just replace, part-by-part, a regular Framework 13 into a Framework 13 Pro." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47870982)) - Mainboard upgrades extend laptop life (4 comments): "the next time you want to upgrade, you just need to buy a new mainboard, which would be considerably cheaper than buying a whole new laptop" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47859318)) "I think this model works for the 13 and 16, because you're already buying a good laptop that you can keep longer by upgrading." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48324623)) "despite the hardware being from 2022, it's all current software. And it will continue to be, practically as long as I wish it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48335935)) - Solid Linux support (4 comments): "every hardware I've ever owned (including the Framework 13, which has pretty good Linux support) has had worse battery life under Linux" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47754937)) "I regularly get 6-7 hours of coding done without charging on my Framework 13 linux with an AMD 7840 chip in the power-saving setting." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47529751)) "I continue to admire Framework from afar. If I were to switch from MacOS to Linux, they'd be at the top of my list when shopping." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47853905)) - Supports open, sustainable mission (3 comments): "I'd rather deal with some annoyances but feel that I'm part of a community project to build something pro-social, open, and sustainable" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47529703)) "repairability, upgradability and open hardware/software support don't come for free and are features that are worth paying for" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47861262)) "Framework's mission is something I wanted to support and it's an exciting product. I'm still very happy with my purchase." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48328640)) ## What people warn about - Battery life falls short, especially Linux (5 comments): "Framework's claimed battery numbers require Windows to achieve, which is more than enough reason for many to not consider the FW 13 Pro" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48748031)) "every hardware I've ever owned (including the Framework 13, which has pretty good Linux support) has had worse battery life under Linux" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47754937)) "No, battery life isn't on par. The only way to get the battery life Framework advertised is on Windows' 'Ultra Efficiency' mode" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47910923)) - Hardware quality and reliability issues (4 comments): "I grinned and bore several years of Intel mediocrity, broken sleep, a fingerprint reader that only works half the time" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49233389)) "This is a company that wasn't able to ship a working RTC battery, a touchpad that would register a click when a physical click happened" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49352267)) "coming from a MacBook, I’ve had more quality issues with the framework, but fixing them has always been possible with a little digging." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47857180)) - Firmware and BIOS update problems (2 comments): "it's been more due to the fact that my main drive has too small of an EFI partition to update with the main drive in the laptop" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49361581)) "We've received reports of a small percentage of Framework Laptop 13 7040 Series BIOS updates resulting in non-bootable boards" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49475264)) - Linux support has gaps (2 comments): "Linux support on Framework is worse than on a typical ThinkPad, and they don't have much interest in contributing to the ecosystem like System76 does." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47854733)) "If you proclaim up front that a device is "Linux first", it seems reasonable to suggest that maybe you should tell us about its performance on Linux." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47852721)) ## Alternatives hackers recommend - [Framework Laptop](https://hackerapproved.com/p/framework-laptop.md): 241 recommend - [Framework Laptop 16](https://hackerapproved.com/p/framework-laptop-16.md): 93 recommend ## Where to get it - [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Framework+Laptop+13&tag=YOURTAG-20) (affiliate link) - [Official site](https://frame.work/) ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Framework Laptop 13", https://hackerapproved.com/p/framework-laptop-13/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).