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I haven’t had a single issue with crashes, noise, heat, display, etc.
The positioning/gaps of the spacers are extremely tiny, and barely noticeable, and the only issue I’ve had so far has been my laptop not turning off fully when I shut it down, but that’s fixed by just holding down the power button.
Oh, and I’m running an unsupported linux distro, (NixOS) so it’s not like I’m starting from any advantaged position in terms of software integration.
Performance is great, cooling is great, games run well and it boots up quickly. Nothing much else to say other than it’s a good laptop.
It’s v1 from a relatively new company, trying something unprecedented. I’m not surprised it has some major flaws. The first Gen framework 13 did as well.
I own a Gen2 and a Gen3 framework 13 and they are both phenomenal. I would recommend them to anyone looking for a slim laptop, that wasn’t overly concerned about cost.
I’m sure the Gen3 FW16s will be great as well, but it’s going to be a bit before I would recommend them to anyone.
What I think would be great for framework to do next is to design a purpose built eGPU for the framework 13. I would really enjoy something that would turn the FW13 into a decent gaming PC, while still retaining the portability for travel.
I wonder why they didn’t apply any of their lesson’s learned from the 13 models to the 16…it’s not like they’re starting from scratch with no knowledge, several of the issues mentioned should not exist on a concept that has had multiple iterations already.
Some of these things might just be the usual Windows problems…like with the heat and fan noise. I have seen huge differences in a few machines (x86 tablet/HP laptop/thinkpad) running Linux vs running Windows. The machines running Linux hardly make a peep until you play a game or compile something. On Windows they were hot and noisy af, night and day difference.
The random ravving when it is furiously pinging the mother ship with high read write… i am sure all of that is for your own good lol
Sometimes i wonder why Framework laptop is more expensive than premade laptop from reputable brand ?
I’m not saying it’s bad or anything but you can buy more powerful premade laptop for that price tho… although you don’t get interchangeable part like Framework but sure you can get more powerful laptopBecause they’re a small company producing a niche product, so the scale they produce on is way smaller too. They also don’t have a huge B2B branch to cover their other costs with, like HP, for example.
And it is actually sometimes more expensive to make something modular than not, just in manpower and testing alone, not even considering RnD and manufacturing. Also, they make less money in repairs or new devices, if the users can just easily repair the device themselves.
So unless they manage to stay in the business for a while and grow their customer base by quite a big amount, their prices will most likely stay the same. Personally I think that they’re on a good path to getting there eventually.