Framework now accepts US dollars for new Laptop 12, starting at $549

is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget. Earlier this year, modular computer company Framework began a quest to fix “entry-level laptops” with the Framework Laptop 12, its first 12-inch laptop and its first 2-in-1 touchscreen PC. And as you might expect, Trump’s new US tariffs are making entry-level pricing difficult for Framework, which at least briefly delayed US preorders of the new Laptop 12 and paused sales on its other cheapest machines. But tariffs or no, the new Framework Laptop 12 won’t exactly be cheap. Framework has now opened Laptop 12 pre-orders in the US on Thursday starting at $549, after opening them for the UK, Europe, and Canada at €569/£499/$719 CAD a day earlier. Those prices are hundreds less than Framework’s other DIY laptops, but a good bit higher than today’s entry-level Windows laptops and Chromebooks even before you consider that price doesn’ ... Read full article.