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What are your major criticisms of the framework laptop? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by guyizda@alien.top to c/framework@hardware.watch

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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.

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[–] aarontbarratt@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] tomzstuff@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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.top 1 points 11 months ago

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

[–] Gondiri@alien.top 1 points 11 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.