I’m coming on 2 weeks of daily driving my Framework laptop. 13th Gen Intel 13inch. I absolutely love it! It is light, keyboard feels great, the chassis doesn’t feel cheap and flimsy, the screen aspect ratio is something that felt odd at first but I’ve come to absolutely love it (especially for spreadsheets), the battery life has been pretty good but I about always have a charger and outlet near me.

BUT

This damn trackpad is awful. I mean, for a laptop that costs what these cost it really is the weakest point. (I could say that about the speakers but I always have my AirPods with me and they work surprisingly well with Windows 11)

Clicking near the top of it is almost impossible. I also notice a solid couple millisecond delay when clicking or tapping. When using an external mouse (normally a G305, or M705) that latency is not there.

If Framework ever comes out with a V2 of the trackpad I would happily THROW my money at them! All in all, I’m very happy with this laptop. Just fix the damn trackpad, please!

  • KAM1KAZ3BEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Clicking near the top of it is almost impossible.

    First time using a non-Mac trackpad or something? What you describe is how they have worked for nearly 2 decades. The button is under the bottom edge and the trackpad pivots from the top. Clicking will always more difficult as you move towards the top. And should be nearly impossible near the top. Try opening a door with your hand near the hinge. It’s going to be significantly harder than pushing out at the knob.

    • banzai_420BEnglish
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      1 year ago

      First time using a non-Mac trackpad or something?

      This made me chuckle, because it reminded of when I got my first Windows laptop a couple years ago coming from Mac. Mid-range MSI gaming laptop, 99% of the budget was sunk into CPU+GPU. I RMA’ed it thinking I had a defective trackpad, got the replacement and realized that nope, they just suck as a feature.

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      And should be nearly impossible near the top.

      I get what you’re saying, but I wouldn’t go that far. Just because something has been done the same way for 20 years doesn’t mean that’s the way it should be. The gap in quality between Apple trackpads and… literally everything else is embarrassing for the industry, and should be complained about IMO.