Framework reveals its ‘MacBook Pro for Linux users’ — and fans say the new Laptop 13 Pro is ‘genuinely stellar’ aside from one drawback
Publish Date: 2026-04-22 10:06:00
Source Domain: www.techradar.com
- Framework’s new Laptop 13 Pro is up for pre-order
- It’s designed as a MacBook Pro that runs Linux, with a premium on power-efficiency
- There are some strong upgrades, including a new touchscreen, and those are made to be backwards compatible with existing Framework notebooks
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Framework has a new laptop targeted at power users, which it’s designed to be the equivalent of a MacBook Pro that runs Linux.
This is the Framework Laptop 13 Pro, and it’s built around the company’s typical sustainability-based principles, while also being defined by a firm focus on power efficiency (and better battery life therein).
In a blog post introducing the laptop, Framework founder and CEO Nirav Patel said: “Our internal prompt when we kicked off this product was to build the ‘MacBook Pro for Linux users.’ We wanted to prove that you can have a computer that is refined, robust, and high performance, that still respects your rights through repairability, upgradeability, and the power to choose the software you want to run on it.”
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