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Comment by ChuckNorris89 | Hacker News Reader

I dunno man, the glossy screens on the Framework are a no go for me. Also no AMD as well.

ThinkPads are expensive but at least I can get them with Ryzens and matt displays.

I added a matte screen plastic cover, it does the job perfectly and protect the screen from scratches for ~21€ But yeah, I wish they would let buyers choose it as an option directly. https://viascreens.com/screen-protector/framework/laptop-13-...

for me the deal breaker is physical mouse buttons, including middle mouse click. Thinkpads have them to support their nipple mouse (which i don't care about), but I don't want a laptop without the buttons (i like the physical left click for drag and drop, and middle click for internet browsing). Lots of laptops that have come out in recent years are pretty tempting, but most of them don't have the mouse buttons

You should not use a laptop trackpad for any significant amount of time anyway, if you care about RSI and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.

sometimes I'm in a car or train, though

And I'll add to that that the number of ports is disappointing. I like their system of flexible ports, but they should really have made the module large enough to support 2 ports in one module. 4 ports total seems like the bare minimum if you are not going to use a dock.

I currently have an AMD Thinkpad and would not get another to run Linux. For most of the life of the laptop battery life has been horrible. In the last year it has been better but still nowhere near as good as it is with Windows. AMD and Lenovo are both aware it is an issue, it is not restricted to this Thinkpad, but neither care enough to devote resources to tracking down and resolving the cause. I'm guessing because the Linux laptop market isn't large enough for them to devote the resources to.

Interesting, it's the other way around for me with screens. Glossy screens have better colors and text looks crispier to me, something about the lack of diffusion around character's borders. I honestly don't know how matte screens are still a thing: you can always turn a smooth surface into matte with a screen protector, but not the opposite.

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