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Cake day: November 14th, 2023
  • ensbuergerndeBtoFramework@hardware.watch•Extra enclosure for extra battery?English
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    1 year ago

    Shame there is no possibility to upgrade to the bigger battery on the smaller Ryzen, but Framework has already explained why and it’s a good reason.

    Reasons why I don’t think there will be a case for extra battery cases useable as external batteries: Before buying an extra battery for that reason, just get a ginormous usb-c power bank for 1/5 the cost. The user base of a battery case will probably be in the hundreds, not more… and it’s not just the case, theere needs to be a pcb with appropriate charging electronics, too.

  • ensbuergerndeBtoFramework@hardware.watch•Questions regarding Framework 13 Ryzen 5 7640UEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Former Mac user and IT slave (Mac/Win/some Linux) here (since '91). I have a M1 MacBook Air on the same desk as my FW13 Ryzen 5. Keyboard quality is at least comparable, Apple KBs are notoriously finicky and break easily. LAptop quality overall is good enough, it feels a little inferior to the Macbook but that’s because it’s not glued together.

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    Battery life of the Macbook is unparalleled, you will not have as good battery life. Tons of battery tests here in this subreddit, scroll around, I have not done reliable testing yet.

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    OTOH I just did a Handbrake (Ubuntu on the framework) conversion test (1080p from x264 to x265) and the FW13 was 37% faster, graphics performance is great for small games, too. 64GB of RAM and 2TB SSD for literally pennies compared to Apple’s prices are nice, too.

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    What I miss most: 1. my online banking software, 2. iMovie / just installing Davinci Resolve and having it work. Did not dive into video editing yet, but I need it from time to time.