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Building a new laptop from scratch is time-taking and costly. So Framework may rightly be spending their time on optimising product, reducing cost and reaching more countries.

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Linus said he put them in touch and they haven't even spoken to each other. It's going to take time, but they aren't even engaging at the moment...

No, Linus said he put them in touch, and then Linus didn't hear anything.

You're right, just looked up the transcript.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYc922ntnKM

> source community an amd variant might be

> a way around this but in spite of me

> making introductions nearly a year ago i

> haven't received any update from either

> side so consider this a public call out

small companies have less resources?

Which is why it will take time… but they are not even entertaining the idea.

I would love to see them add an AMD (and even ARM) option, but right now I applaud them for being tight-lipped about any future developments. What would they gain by acknowledging that they’re entertaining such ideas? People postponing their purchases, endlessly asking for ETA updates, getting mad when there are delays, etc. They’re much better off saying nothing and doing the work in the background. I also would understand if they choose not to offer a second CPU platform at this point. From their standpoint, it’s hugely expensive and time consuming to develop, potentially doubles their QA and support costs, makes their supply chain and inventory story more complicated, and probably makes their relationship with Intel a little worse. And realistically, they won’t get double the sales from just having an AMD option. So I would be pleasantly surprised if they offer an AMD option within 3 years, but I’m not holding my breath.

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