Tux Machines

Framework 12th gen laptop review (UPDATED)

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 13, 2023,

updated May 05, 2023

=> Machine Learning in Linux: scikit-learn – machine learning library for Python | Firefox 111 Web Browser Is Now Available for Download, This Is What’s New

The Framework is a 13.5" laptop body with swappable parts, which makes it somewhat future-proof and certainly easily repairable, scoring an "exceedingly rare" 10/10 score from ifixit.com.

=> ↺ Framework | ↺ 10/10 score from ifixit.com

There are two generations of the laptop's main board (both compatible with the same body): the Intel 11th and 12th gen chipsets.

I have received my Framework, 12th generation "DIY", device in late September 2022 and will update this page as I go along in the process of ordering, burning-in, setting up and using the device over the years.

[...]

Conclusions:

USB-C cards take no extra power on suspend, possibly less than empty slots, more testing required

USB-A cards take a lot more power on suspend (300-500mW) than on regular idle (~10mW, almost negligible)

1TB SSD and MicroSD cards seem to take a reasonable amount of power (260-290mW), compared to their runtime equivalents (1-6W!)

DisplayPort takes a surprising lot of power (620mW), almost double its average runtime usage (390mW)

HDMI cards take, surprisingly, less power (250mW) in standby than the DP card (620mW)

and oddly, a second card adds less power usage (70mW?!) than the first, maybe a circuit is used by both?

Read on

=> ↺ Read On: The Anarcat

UPDATE

They seem to be doing blog marketing again, including this:

Framework gives more detail on their AMD Ryzen laptop

=> ↺ Framework gives more detail on their AMD Ryzen laptop

Recently Framework excited everyone over their big DIY laptop upgrades, and now they're giving more detail on the Framework 13 Laptop with AMD Ryzen. They weren't able to originally reveal what AMD chips they would be using, but now they are.

=> gemini.tuxmachines.org