> How's the 16 for heft and mobility?
It's quite the unit, to say the least, though with the dedicated gpu it just barely fits in the following case:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BM4XS66N/
The bottom bezel of the screen combined with the hop hinge and the large "trunk" make it a bit deeper than other laptops, so it's a bit of an odd size.
> I haven't yet tried it in an airplane seat.
I haven't been on an airplane in years but I can tell you it definitely wouldn't be comfortable using on a plane.
If you don't otherwise like large laptops, it's probably not for you, though I personally have always had large laptops. I spent my last couple years of college lugging around and HP HDX 18 <
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAQpF5CKWVo>.
> I just went for 4 USB C ports and the USB C hubs I always carry with me
> anyway.
That's basically what I did at first; now I use the front left port for an additional 1TB ssd.
On the 16, I have 4 USB-C, and then for the front ports (the ones closest to me), the left is a USB-A and the right is a 1TB ssd. I went with that configuration since the front two ports are just regular plane USB ports with no alt modes, so they can't be used for anything other than regular USB anyway.
I might end up swapping out the dedicated gpu for the dual nvme carrier once it comes out; it was leaked in an LTT video recently so I'm just waiting for it to show up in the store.
On Mon, Jun 10, 2024, at 7:14 PM, der.hans wrote:
> Am 09. Jun, 2024 schwätzte Ryan Petris via PLUG-discuss so:
>
> moin moin,
>
> > I have several Framework (both AMD and Intel) laptops including the
> > Framework 16 and they're great. Yeah there's some small fit an finish
> > issues that some have pointed out but IMO is an acceptable tradeoff for
> > being repairable and upgradable.
>
> How's the 16 for heft and mobility?
>
> I have the 13 and it's quite dainty. It's light and easy to use pretty
> well anywhere.
>
> I haven't yet tried it in an airplane seat. Driver's seat of a car was
> annoying due to steering wheel, but passenger and back seats were fine.
>
> It's also been fine for all the desktop stuff I've done on it. Haven't
> gone up over a few instances of Firefox running at the same time and have
> kept them all under 20 tabs, so it's been pretty light for browsing.
>
> I haven't yet started putting containers or databases on it, so haven't
> exercised it much that way either.
>
> > If anything, the ability to change out the ports is great. Imagine the
> > situation where you're sitting at a table, plugged in, and someone comes
> > by and kicks your power cable ripping it out of the computer. In a lot
> > of cases with other laptops, you're now going to have to replace that
> > port as it's going to at the very least break the solder joints; and
> > you're not going to be able to replace just that port as it's soldered
> > to the motherboard. Now you have a $500+ repair minimum to replace the
> > motherboard in your laptop.
> >
> > With the Framework, you likely just damaged the $10 expansion card. So
> > you pull it out, replace it with another one, and move on with your day.
>
> Yeah, extra layer of protection.
>
> I just went for 4 USB C ports and the USB C hubs I always carry with me
> anyway. If the network port didn't stick out I'd get one of those.
>
> ciao,
>
> der.hans
>
> > On Sun, Jun 9, 2024, at 4:54 PM, Arun Khan via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Apr 8, 2024 at 9:27 PM Matthew Crews via PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
> >>> On 2021-02-27 00:03, Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> >>> > This actually looks rather cool, thought I'd share with fellow geeks.
> >>> >
> >>> > https://frame.work/
> >>> >
> >>> > Might look at one of these if/when they come about.
> >>> >
> >>> > -mb
> >>>
> >>> How time flies. Three years later and Framework Computer Inc still seems
> >>> to be going strong.
> >>
> >> A friend of mine has bought it and swears by the hardware flexibility (mix and match).
> >> I am contemplating it for my next laptop, although my 6-year-old Thinkpad is still going strong :)
> >>
> >> --
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