Framework Laptop 13 Review
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45 minutes later I had my old lid and screen removed and my new one installed with no tools beyond their provided torx screwdriver. It was amazing to be able to do that and not need to replace the entire laptop or mail it in for service! While I had it open I installed another 16gb stick of RAM to bump up to 32gb total.
I'm debating getting the upgraded motherboard... I may wait another year or two when the performance gap is larger and I find another purpose for the old motherboard. I could 3d print a case for it and use it as a home server, gitlab build runner or bench PC. It's really cool how flexible it is!
The raw specs are not the best, the battery life could be better, but I appreciate the mod ability.
https://frame.work/products/cooler-master-mainboard-case
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I just bought a MacBook Air with M2 yesterday after careful evaluation of Framework 13 for my needs.
The tinkerer/engineer in me loves most things about Framework against the MacBook Air.
However, a big con was the lack of s2idle sleep and its impact on battery life. I use a Mac for work, and have been spoilt with a machine that lasts longer than a day, and reliably and fastly come back to life when I open the lid. Intel and AMD have crippled their CPUs to disable deep sleep states to prevent such bliss. I don’t want my laptop to lose power while it sits in my backpack and supposed to be doing nothing.
It’s a shame because it appears atleast the Ryzen CPU listed by framework claims to have almost caught up with the base M2. May be the younger version of me that had enough spare time to deal with unreliable sleep/resume troubles would have chosen Framework over the MacBook Air.
AFAIK it's not the CPUs, rather, the motherboards. I have two modern Ryzen systems; one supports S3 out of the box, the other requires some messing.
It really hasn't. Check idle watts, package watts under load, performance when unplugged, battery life, laptop chassis temperature. AMD's solutions do not come close.
When I upgrade my current Framework, I'll still be looking for top of the line build quality and performance, running Linux out of the box. Right now Linux is a DIY option, and power management is frequently discussed in the community. There are also display quirks that I simply choose to overlook. To be considered successful, I'd expect to get it added as a laptop option at work. Not sure we're there yet.
1. for the AMD chip
2. for the Framework 16
I wonder if I can get the 16" laptop without a mainboard? Might as well just get the Framework 16 with AMD mainboard in that case.
I don’t think so. But will probably be able to swap its mainboard, too, and sell the original one. (That is at least when there is a second one available for the 16“. I don’t think the 13“ mainboard will work there and vice versa bc of the GPU module connector.)
Other than that and my 12th gen is nearly perfect. A few really minor things that are probably software issues.
In the mean time, go for a US keyboard and swap it for Scandinavian one when available.
UK layout (or indeed, any ISO layout) is closer to Scandinavian: same physical layout, just different keys printed.
They've tended to add appropriate layouts as they've expanded markets afaict.
My Google skills are failing me and I can't seem to get a clear answer if the Scandinavian layout fits on ISO keys.
Keep up the good work.
What fresh hell is this? Is this CPU model missing a digit or what?