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One more person chiming in to say that I'm really happy with my 13" AMD Framework laptop. It wakes from sleep and reconnects wifi before I'm done opening the l

One more person chiming in to say that I'm really happy with my 13" AMD Framework laptop. It wakes from sleep and reconnects wifi before I'm done opening the lid, I can charge it from either side, the screen is beautiful, it's nice and lightweight, the performance and battery life are good enough that I don't think about it. On the down side, the touchpad is a notable downgrade from the macbook I use for work, and the speakers are down-ish-firing and fairly weak. Also, twice in the ~1.5 months I've had it, it has completely frozen for about 30 seconds (even the mouse cursor didn't respond) before hitting a windows bluescreen and then rebooting. No idea what's causing that, but there is some suggestion on the forum that it's the AMD graphics drivers. However, I also have a GPD Win Mini with a similar APU and it's never once frozen like that on me. I'm probably going to switch it to Ubuntu in the near future, so that might sidestep the freezing issue, although I expect it to eventually be sorted out either way. But, again, overall I'm very happy with it.

dheera 3y ago
> It wakes from sleep and reconnects wifi before I'm done opening the lid My experience was this is only true for "s2idle" suspend but that mode causes battery drain of 30% every 8 hours which was way more than I was willing to tolerate. It's okay I guess if you're just commuting and unplugging-plugging or something. But it didn't work for me for leisure travel when I would often go 24 hours without opening my laptop. In "deep" sleep mode (which only works with some SSDs) power drain is minimal but it takes upwards of 15 seconds to resume and reconnect to wifi. This is what I use now. I just tolerate the 15 seconds, but I wish it were as fast as a Macbook.
- radus 3y ago
  This is my experience as well :/
- nfriedly 3y ago
  You're probably right about that. Mine hibernates after a few hours, and then it does take a bit longer to be ready to use, but I've never noticed significant battery drain in between usages. My SSD is a SK Hynix P41, which I believe does support the lower power states.
  - dheera 3y ago
    Yes, I use a SK Hynix P31. I previously used a Samsung 980 Pro and that did NOT work with deep sleep.
mey 3y ago
I am less bullish on the screen of the FW13. The color accuracy at various brightness levels leaves a bit to be desired. Gamma calibration seems to be problematic. My Gen 1 Surface Book, Dell Ultrasharp monitors (that are a decade old and only 99% sRGB), and M1 Macbook Air all have much better displays for accuracy out of the box. The upside is that, if/when FW offers a better screen in the future (with touch?) I feel comfortable doing the swap myself.

dheera 3y ago

> It wakes from sleep and reconnects wifi before I'm done opening the lid My experience was this is only true for "s2idle" suspend but that mode causes battery drain of 30% every 8 hours which was way more than I was willing to tolerate. It's okay I guess if you're just commuting and unplugging-plugging or something. But it didn't work for me for leisure travel when I would often go 24 hours without opening my laptop. In "deep" sleep mode (which only works with some SSDs) power drain is minimal but it takes upwards of 15 seconds to resume and reconnect to wifi. This is what I use now. I just tolerate the 15 seconds, but I wish it were as fast as a Macbook.

radus 3y ago
This is my experience as well :/
nfriedly 3y ago
You're probably right about that. Mine hibernates after a few hours, and then it does take a bit longer to be ready to use, but I've never noticed significant battery drain in between usages. My SSD is a SK Hynix P41, which I believe does support the lower power states.
- dheera 3y ago
  Yes, I use a SK Hynix P31. I previously used a Samsung 980 Pro and that did NOT work with deep sleep.

mey 3y ago

I am less bullish on the screen of the FW13. The color accuracy at various brightness levels leaves a bit to be desired. Gamma calibration seems to be problematic. My Gen 1 Surface Book, Dell Ultrasharp monitors (that are a decade old and only 99% sRGB), and M1 Macbook Air all have much better displays for accuracy out of the box. The upside is that, if/when FW offers a better screen in the future (with touch?) I feel comfortable doing the swap myself.