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Feedback: Framework 13" Ryzen 7 32G (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Framework 13\" Ryzen 7 - 32GO ram - 500Go

Hi guys !

After a week with my new framework 13" i wanted to share a quick feedback about my experience :

Pros

Framework team did a great job with the hardware modularity, a 15yo kid should be able to setting up a laptop
I'm in love with the QR Codes to help people set up the computer, good idea !
The keyboard keys are smooth and close to what i had on a MacBook Pro, which is quite rare
Working well with ArchLinux (EndeavourOS), first try, in less than 10min the OS was fully installed. I just had a too sensitive touchpad, i fixed it with some tricks

Cons

Speakers are very bad, i don't really need it but for people who need it most, it can be a pain point.
Screen ratio/resolution and frequency. Why a 3:2 screen and not a 16:9 one ? 😭 in the same way, it would be very good to have a screen who support at least 120hz (screen resolution/ratio is to me, a really pain point)
Bonus: If one day you managed to implement an ARM architecture or other fanless architecture ... it would be the PERFECT computer.

Thanks for all the persons involved in this project 🙏🏻

🇫🇷 To french speaker, I made a blog post

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Calling a 3:2 display a con is a bit harsh considering it's very much a personal preference.

If you're primarily a media consumer then sure, 16:9 is preferable as you end up less letterboxed with most contemporary media. This being the case, you might have been better off waiting for a Framework Laptop 16 with its 16:10 ratio display. I believe it also has better speakers.

If you code, edit documents, basically anything that involves vertical scrolling through stuff, the more vertical you can get the better. It also affords a deeper palm rest without having a stupidly wide chassis.

I have a super-ultrawide on my desk, but although it allows for two native 16:9 windows side-by-side, it's more commonly arranged with thee square-ish windows across its width as unless I'm doing something very wrong with Python, I really don't need the width. More vertical, more better for my use cases!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Obviously a "con" is really subjective, it's my opinion, as I said above maybe my opinion will change in the futur, we'll see