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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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[–] codeasm@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Love my framework laptop. I would have liked coreboot as a firmware (get the chromebook edition if its a must) or wait for ever and someone will port it (there where some folks trying)

When swapping internal nvme, the bios loses custom bootnetries for those stored on the nvme. Unless the default boot efi filename and location. Guess grub or windows bootlaoder by defualt works fine. My custom arch install is a pro move, so yeah. The bios itself is fine enough. Incan recover from this.

More bios updates? DONT browse the forums. Tons of negative ppl that complain useless statements. We may get a nice update on 12th gen (the one i have), amd and newer and first FW did get uodates or still getting many. Mine, someway have 1 beta and i wish they had time (the third party and FW, to test and distribute the newer bios) as if my laptop would die, NOT. Its still a safe laptop anyway

I sat on it, its bended now a bit. Guess what, she still works nice and a replacement part is CHEAP compared to some highend other brands. Im just a cheapskate ans waiting till im convinced i need it and the network adapter (a aliexpress dongle 2.5g dongle seems fine now too)

get your nvme and ram elsewhere. I got a nice deal.locally and dont buy windows, just get your university license somehow or activate using hardware based activation (naughty) i ofcourse uninstall windoes when im finished with uni.

Id like no shipping costs. Its sad at ghe moment, or shipping from europe.