Framework is giving some customers a RAM refund
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In a "rare, positive update" amid the ongoing <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/839353/pc-ram-shortage-pricing-spike-news">component shortage</a>, Framework is <a href="https://frame.work/blog/updates-on-memory-pricing-and-navigating-the-volatile-memory-market">lowering its RAM prices</a> for some buyers of the <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/971160/framework-laptop-13-pro-intel-review">Laptop 13 Pro</a> - at least, for now. After <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/969819/framework-laptop-13-pro-preorder-ram-price-updates">increasing the laptop's memory pricing</a> in July, Framework says it "secured a limited quantity of Micron 32GB and 64GB LPCAMM2 memory modules at lower cost," and plans to share the savings: </p>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">We are committed to passing on savings whenever we can and keeping computers as accessible as possible in the current environment, so we are rolling out price reductions across both already shipped and a subset of currently pending pre-orders. While these new costs remain above our origina …</p></blockquote>
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