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Anyone have any good independent reviews of the laptop to recommend?

• cyber_kinetist 5y ago
  Always check notebookcheck.net for the thorough reviews. They test everything meticulously, up to the build quality, monitor (brightness + color + response time), heat dissipation, noise, battery life, etc. These are probably much more important than raw CPU/GPU/RAM, as raw hardware specs are kinda similar around the same category of laptops. https://www.notebookcheck.net/Framework-Laptop-13-5-Review-If-Microsoft-Made-A-Repairable-Surface-Laptop-This-Would-Be-It.551850.0.html https://www.notebookcheck.net/Framework-Laptop-13-5-Review-I...
• mohaine 5y ago
  I have one and can give a quick review. Overall, it is very nice, but with a few small quirks. 1)Default Ubuntu install was very laggy. Not sure what was up with this. 2)Default Arch install is pretty much perfect. 3)Both Ubuntu and Arch have ok battery life. Pretty much as I expected for an Intel laptop. (i.e. not great) 4)By default, battery drain with the lid closed is pretty bad though. Don't expect to leave it laying around and it to still have battery when you go back to it. There is probably an easy solution to this but I haven't had time to look into it.
  • nrp 5y ago
    The lag in Ubuntu was likely a Panel Self Refresh support issue in that kernel. We posted a workaround here: https://guides.frame.work/Guide/Ubuntu+21.10+Installation+on+the+Framework+Laptop/109?lang=en#s659 https://guides.frame.work/Guide/Ubuntu+21.10+Installation+on... There is some community discussion on ways to optimize suspend power consumption as well: https://community.frame.work/t/ubuntu-21-10-on-the-framework-laptop/7941 https://community.frame.work/t/ubuntu-21-10-on-the-framework...
  • yepthatsreality 5y ago
    Turning off PS2 emulation in BIOS was huge for me on battery savings as well as the other steps linked in other comments.