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They did a video where they swapped parts from a first generation FW13 with a FW13Pro. There were only two caveats: one, if you want the Pro battery on your older laptop, you have to buy a new bottom panel too because they made the battery bigger for a longer life and it won't fit in the old cover. And two, depending on your architecture, the Wi-Fi modules might not be interchangeable due to some vendor chipset thing, I think?
Everything else was able to be swapped, though, it seemed.
Edit: oh wait, I take it back, the speaker modules. I think they might technically be compatible, but since they're side-firing on the Pro instead of down-firing, you'd need a new bottom chassis if you didn't want them to sound awful.
They also said you need the new touchpad and top plate to have enough clearance for the battery
Bottom panel, input panel, battery, and speakers have to be all pro together
You can put the new input panel on the old bottom panel, though
No, I don't think it was bigger on the top, I think it was bigger on the bottom. I'm pretty sure you just needed the bottom cover.
It's bigger in both dimensions.
They explicitly state the top input module has to be changed to support the new battery in the video here
https://frame.work/ca/en/laptop13pro?tab=upgrade-to-pro
Unless you can put the old battery in the new bottom panel, you have to upgrade all 4 at once if you upgrade the bottom