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Framework DIY 13 Gen AMD Review

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16 pointsthcipriani8 comments

Nice.

But this is not a 13th gen AMD. There are 13th gen Intel core cpus, and there are AMD's byzantine naming schemes for Ryzens, which defeats generation counting.

But nice review anyway.

Thanks for this correction. Mind if I link to this comment in an edit to the article?

I'm happy to learn this as "Framework 13 AMD" is nicer to write than "Framework 13, 13th generation."

> Matte screen – Why are shiny screens an option? Who wants that?

Because the matte diffuser doesn't just obscure glare, it diffuses the light emitted from the screen. Glass/glossy screens look noticeably sharper at the expense of glare.

I'd love it if a glossy option was available for the framework once they introduce higher resolution displays, right now it looks pretty cheap.

A billion years ago I had a Vaio TZ that had a glossy but still anti reflective screen. Used some kind of coating layers using the same principle as museum glass.

Whatever happened to that? This was forever ago and it really worked pretty great, and I loved that machine so I used it a long time, and I can say I had no problem with the coating failing from wear or age either.

You could get a reflection if you tried hard enough, but you never had a problem seeing the screen contents even in a glare situation, and I'd think that would be the primary concern.

I have been daily driving the same machine for a couple months. Would buy again. Upgraded from a Macbook Pro – the Framework hardware lacks Apple’s level of refinement but it’s decent. The swappable ports and HW switches for camera and mic are nice. I prefer Linux to Mac OS and that counts for a lot. Running stock Debian modified with binary blobs from newer kernels.

Did the author really upgrade from a X220? If so, wow what an upgrade. These caught my eye but my Linux computer is a T480 and despite the i5-8350U getting a bit long in the tooth, it is still going strong. I did upgrade the memory to 32GB, the NVME drive to 1TB, and added some WiFi 6 support via a AX200NGW swap.

I went back and forth between the X220 and the X230t (pictured in the article).

It is a nice upgrade. But it was still difficult to justify the upgrade to myself—spending money on laptops is never something I relish.

And the X230/220 were both chugging along—they struggled with the modern internet more than day-to-day software tasks.

Props for holding onto them that long! There is a tendency amongst our kind to chase the new and shiny, it is refreshing to see someone who knows their needs and is content with what they have.

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