A little more than a year after announcing the first version of its ultra-repairable, upgradeable notebook, Framework is launching the second-generation Framework Laptop. It’s meant to be substantially faster and a little more sturdy, but mostly it’s a signal that Framework is serious about building truly long-lasting devices, and might actually be fulfilling the often-promised and rarely-delivered dream of upgradeable, modular gadgets.
The new Laptop’s headline spec is the processor: It comes with a 12th-generation Intel Core i5 or i7 chip, with the top-of-the-line, $2,049 model running the Core i7-1280P. (That’s a full generation jump from the current model, and these new Alder Lake chips promise big performance improvements and a…