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The Frameworks are really good. However, the chips inside are disappointing, IMO. I was considering the i5 1135g7 Framework with 16gb of RAM. A friend of mine
by sudosysgen 5y ago
The Frameworks are really good. However, the chips inside are disappointing, IMO.
I was considering the i5 1135g7 Framework with 16gb of RAM. A friend of mine bought it, and it's idle power draw is of 8-9W with Gnome 3 and Firefox open.
I decided to get a laptop with a 5800H and an RTX 3070 instead. My power consumption as I'm typing this comment right now is of 7W with a dozen tabs and an IDE, messaging, etc... open. That is despite a 46% larger screen, and a much faster, unlocked TDP, 8 core CPU.
That's a real shame, IMO. Combined with a 55Wh battery, it's quite problematic, and was a deal-breaker for me.
- zmk5 5y agoYeah I'm really hopeful there will be a move to more power efficient chips in them. I love this laptop but the battery life from this chipset is a real downer.
- gorjusborg 5y agoMy hope is that they release an ARM mainboard, so I can swap it in. For now though, I'd rather buy from them than the fruit company.
- sudosysgen 5y agoI mean, It's not just ARM. There are plenty of x86 laptops that can get 13-14 hours of battery life under light use.
- rcthompson 5y agoSupposedly it's possible to get the idle power draw down to around 2.5W, but it requires some very up-to-date kernel features.
- sudosysgen 5y agoThat is I/O dependent, apparently. If you use the wrong peripheral cards, it seems you're SOL