There’s no shortage of handheld gaming PCs on the market today, and more arriving all the time. But hardware hacker Pitstoptech has taken a novel approach to the concept, by designing a modular, upgradeable handheld gaming PC. The current prototype has all all the features you’d expect of a good current-gen handheld PC, but since […]
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3 Comments on Framework’s Intel Tiger Lake Mainboards now sell for $199 and up, allowing you to build your own x86 mini PC
Framework’s Intel Tiger Lake Mainboards now sell for $199 and up, allowing you to build your own x86 mini PC
3 Comments on Framework’s Intel Tiger Lake Mainboards now sell for $199 and up, allowing you to build your own x86 mini PCFramework makes a line of modular, repairable, and upgradeable laptops, and the company has been at it for a few years. So if you bought a first-gen Framework Laptop with an 11th-gen Intel Core processor based on Tiger Lake architecture, you’ve had the ability to upgrade the processor to a 12th or 13th-gen chip by […]
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Cooler Master case turns the Framework Mainboard into a desktop PC for $39
Framework makes modular, repairable, and upgradable laptop computers. Of course they wouldn’t be much use without modular parts, so the company also has a Famework Marketplace where you can buy spare parts and upgrades. And about a year ago Framework even began selling its mainboards to folks who wanted to replace or upgrade one in […]
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Lilbits: Microsoft brings AI video upscaling to Edge browser, F-Droid’s faster updates, and VisionFive 2 RISC-V SBC performance testing
10 Comments on Lilbits: Microsoft brings AI video upscaling to Edge browser, F-Droid’s faster updates, and VisionFive 2 RISC-V SBC performance testingEver find yourself clicking on a video in your web browser only to discover that it’s a blocky, low-res video that was uploaded over a decade ago, when displays, cameras, and internet connections weren’t really good enough to make HD video on the web a thing yet? Microsoft is taking aim at low-res video on […]
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Framework Mainboard breathes new life into the classic ThinkPad 701C with a “butterfly” keyboard
3 Comments on Framework Mainboard breathes new life into the classic ThinkPad 701C with a “butterfly” keyboardThe IBM ThinkPad 701C and was one of the most unusual laptop computers released in the 1990s thanks to a sliding keyboard system that allowed IBM to pack a full-sized keyboard into a notebook that measured just 9.7″ x 7.9″ x 1.7″. First launched in 1995, the laptop was discontinued later that same year. And even […]
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Framework’s modular laptop now available with Intel Alder Lake (upgrade kits for Tiger Lake models coming soon)
3 Comments on Framework’s modular laptop now available with Intel Alder Lake (upgrade kits for Tiger Lake models coming soon)The Framework Laptop is a thin and light notebook with premium components including a 13.5 inch, 2256 x 1504 pixel LCD display and support for up to an Intel Core i7 processor, 32GB of RAM, and 1TB of storage. It’s also unique in that it has a modular design: you can easily swap out ports. […]
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The Framedeck is a DIY cyberdeck powered by a Framework Mainboard
Folks in the Cyberdeck community have been taking advantage of modern-day tech to build retro-futuristic portable computers for the past few years by taking advantage of advances in 3D printing, the ability to source electronic components from around the world, and the availability of versatile single-board computers like the Raspberry Pi line of devices. The […]
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Penk’s Mainboard Terminal is an all-in-one PC that stuffs a Framework Mainboard into a retro-inspired body
2 Comments on Penk’s Mainboard Terminal is an all-in-one PC that stuffs a Framework Mainboard into a retro-inspired bodyMany of today’s laptops are more powerful than yesterday’s desktop PCs (well maybe not yesterday’s, but desktops from more than a few years ago). And while it’s certainly possible to use a laptop as a desktop replacement, hardware hacker Penk went a little further with the Mainboard Terminal. It’s a compact all-in-one computer with a custom, retro-inspired […]