The framework has good news and bad news

Thanks to Crunch Ingredients, it’s Bad time to want a new computer. But if you’ve been waiting to pre-order the Framework Laptop 13 Pro — which Framework’s CEO has called the “MacBook Pro for Linux users” — the company shared good news on Thursday that could mean your device will cost less than you expected. the The company announced It’s got new, cheaper PCIe Gen 5 SSDs from its supplier Adata, and if you’ve placed an order for a configuration with a 500GB SSD, you’ll now get a 1TB SSD at a lower price. Framework also said that you can now also order configurations with the new 1TB or 2TB SSDs, although I don’t see it in the DIY component yet.

But Framework has some bad news too. The company says it has “received signals that CPU prices will rise soon,” so it expects it will have to “adjust the overall system price on the Framework Laptop 13 Pro in the coming weeks for new orders.” This isn’t much of a sign of the components crisis, which has already led to significant price increases for tech devices, including some that were also announced Thursday for Apple devices and Xbox controllers.

Framework initially announced the 13 Pro laptop In April The first units were originally scheduled to ship in June. The company recently delayed those initial shipments To July Due to issues with the laptop’s touchpad and its custom display.