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What are your major criticisms of the framework laptop? (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I am considering a purchase as a student although it is really expensive.

What are your major criticisms of the framework laptop?

E.g.

- I have heard that it discharges battery even while powered off (a very serious issue IMO).

Also, I will be using win10/11 and fedora most likely. So any Linux-related issues (e.g. hardware support) I would really like to know.

Thanks for any ideas.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm on day 8 of AMD R5 onwership and it's my first framework. I run Windows 11 and Linux Mint on it. Mint is only used as a clean os, so if I'm at a client's site and need to double check a clear setup i use Mint.

My biggest issues are...

Battery life - today with Windows 11 in power saver mode I got 6 hours with 25% left. I often will work from places with no steady power or just moving about. So battery life is important to me.

Lack of ports - I love the concept of the expansion cards. There just aren't that many slots.

Fans - When plugged in, with the case open. They ramp up really quickly.

To give a balanced opinion things I love...

Build quality - Is excellent. Keyboard - Brilliant. Best I've used in quite some time. Screen - Couldn't ask for better Performance - For the R5 I have. I can play all the games I want (Left for dead 2, GTAV) at better than my previous desktop that admittedly only had a RX470 in.

My previous was a R5 5500u Dell Inspiron 14. The battery on that was better than the Framework and it was 1/3 the cost. I could be on the train from 7am until 4pm without plugging in.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I love my AMD Ryzen, had it for a month or so now. I do pretty well with the battery, but yes, I used to have a Dell Lattitude which had an extreme battery!

It woul dbe nice to see if Framework could make a double USBC expansion card.