https://www.amazon.com/INIU-USB-Cable-100W/dp/B0C9QZS95R
decent cables.
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joined 10 months ago
Shame there is no possibility to upgrade to the bigger battery on the smaller Ryzen, but Framework has already explained why and it's a good reason.
Reasons why I don't think there will be a case for extra battery cases useable as external batteries: Before buying an extra battery for that reason, just get a ginormous usb-c power bank for 1/5 the cost. The user base of a battery case will probably be in the hundreds, not more... and it's not just the case, theere needs to be a pcb with appropriate charging electronics, too.
Former Mac user and IT slave (Mac/Win/some Linux) here (since '91). I have a M1 MacBook Air on the same desk as my FW13 Ryzen 5. Keyboard quality is at least comparable, Apple KBs are notoriously finicky and break easily. LAptop quality overall is good enough, it feels a little inferior to the Macbook but that's because it's not glued together.
Battery life of the Macbook is unparalleled, you will not have as good battery life. Tons of battery tests here in this subreddit, scroll around, I have not done reliable testing yet.
OTOH I just did a Handbrake (Ubuntu on the framework) conversion test (1080p from x264 to x265) and the FW13 was 37% faster, graphics performance is great for small games, too. 64GB of RAM and 2TB SSD for literally pennies compared to Apple's prices are nice, too.
What I miss most: 1. my online banking software, 2. iMovie / just installing Davinci Resolve and having it work. Did not dive into video editing yet, but I need it from time to time.
the fan is noisy AF with the highly pitched noise while the speakers are anemic. 10% battery drain over night when not connected to a power cable and in suspend mode under Ubuntu 22.04, which works really well otherwise.
Kingston FURY SO-DIMM 32 GB DDR5-5600 x2 is good to go in my AMD.
mine came installed with even the top case on, bezel and expansion card thingies came separately.
my batch 5 just left the factory via FedEx a couple of minutes ago. Can't wait.
I'm in Germany, in Wakanda an der Spree.
Absolutely reliable and quick delivery via FedEx.
GLS is trash, all other carriers are fine.