INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
For the past five years, we've been paying a lot of attention to Framework, the upstart PC company focused on modular, repairable,
upgradeable, and customizable laptop designs.So far, Framework has done a solid job of offering a steady stream of hardware upgrades for its
systems, particularly the original Framework Laptop 13
years without a BIOS update or updated driver package
The first iteration of the laptop still only had "beta" support for Windows 11, which had been out for 2.5 years by then, and the company
was also struggling to provide Linux support and promised functional upgrades for other models.We spoke with Framework CEO Nirav Patel for
upstream hardware makers like Intel and AMD for some updates
But he also promised that improvements were coming.Patel said that a dedicated team at Compal, the white-box PC manufacturing company that
makes most of Framework's hardware, had been hired and was being onboarded
And once that team was up to speed, the plan was to continuously cycle through Framework's entire catalog of old and current products,
making sure that no model was neglected for long.Patel's "mid-summer [2024]" timeline for making these changes turned out to be a bit
optimistic, but it does seem as though the team has made real progress over the past calendar year or so.
Framework's BIOS and driver
update status page as of June 25, 2025
Every single one of Framework's laptops has gotten at least one BIOS and driver update in the past calendar year, a big improvement over the
state of things in April 2024.
Credit:
Framework
This thread on
Framework's Reddit gives a high-level overview of the release dates for Framework's driver packages and BIOS updates, and, for all its
products going back to 2021's 11th-gen Intel Core version of the first Framework Laptop, the company has shipped at least one BIOS update in
Most models have seen at least one update in calendar 2025
The driver packages tend to be a bit older, but the oldest ones are from June 2024, and the Core Ultra Framework Laptop and all AMD models
have gotten at least one driver package update in 2025.
