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.

  • aarontbarratt@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    For me

    • The speakers are quiet, I quite often have to have my volume at max to be able to hear anything clear
    • The speakers are poor quality, I wouldn’t listen to music on my laptop, or watch a movie through the speakers
    • Battery life on Linux is poor, I can’t get through a work day without having to charge

    A minor complaint is that I find the trackpad kinda mid. It isn’t bad by any means, probably the best non-apple trackpad I’ve ever used, but the Apple trackpad is better by a mile still

    • Gondiri@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      really? the speakers work pretty fine for me, I can hear them over the fans. but then again, I am in a kind of noisy house.

    • tomzstuff@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I have the Ryzen 7 version. I’ve noticed the battery life is quite a bit better in Windows. I use Fedora as my daily OS, but Windows does seem to manage the battery/performance/power stuff better (which is a shame).

      Speakers are very loud on mine, however quality not amazing. Although I have never owned a laptop with amazing speakers. Even my HP Elitebook 840 G laptop that cost around £1400 that has B&O speakers are not great either, no worse than my Framework.

      • aarontbarratt@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        MacBook Pro speakers are crazy good

        I think the AMD version is more power efficient for sure

        I plan to swap to AMD in a few years and get a bigger battery. That’s why i really love Framework

        • tomzstuff@alien.topBEnglish
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          10 months ago

          That for me though means owning a mac, which is just something I cannot bring myself to ever do again :)