Review Framework Laptop 13 (AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series) review: Increased performance at the expense of battery life

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Modularity is king with the Framework Laptop 13, and you’ll pay a premium for that luxury.

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[nrdwka]

I cannot understand, putting so high resolution display on a small screen as it wastnso much of battery life.

And lot's of ultrabooks come with this unnecessary feature...

 

[beyondlogic]

I cannot understand, putting so high resolution display on a small screen as it wastnso much of battery life.

And lot's of ultrabooks come with this unnecessary feature...

neither do i really 1080p at a higher framerate is fine. who is this laptop aimed for really ?

 

[TheSecondPower]

The high resolution does make text sharper. I used to think it unnecessary but after using a Mac at work my 1080p laptop is actually a little disappointing to look at. For programming work I'd like the higher resolution for sharp text, but for gaming 1080p makes more sense.

What's more disappointing after using a Mac all day is the touchpad on my laptop. It's hard for me to imagine buying another laptop without a haptic touchpad, and I think for me that by itself is enough to rule out the Framework. I'm pretty sure that XPS 13 in the review here has a haptic touchpad.

 

[Notton]

2880 x 1920 makes this a 3:2 monitor.
If you've ever used one of those with sufficient resolution, they look amazing with documents side by side, or in vertical orientation.

btw, 16:9 1080p looks f'in disgusting on a 14" laptop.
I find the quite similar 16:10, 1200p, 14.1" screen to be barely acceptable.
I really miss my old Surface Pro that had a 2736 x 1824, 3:2, 12.3" display.

 

[kaalus]

Why never a mention of fan noise?

I've tried several Windows laptops over the last few years, and it was always the fan whine that caused them to be returned within days. I cannot stand fan noise. Back to the completely quiet Macbook Pro M2 running Windows via Parallels - not ideal but better than the whine.

 

[hush now]

2880 x 1920 makes this a 3:2 monitor.
If you've ever used one of those with sufficient resolution, they look amazing with documents side by side, or in vertical orientation.

btw, 16:9 1080p looks f'in disgusting on a 14" laptop.
I find the quite similar 16:10, 1200p, 14.1" screen to be barely acceptable.
I really miss my old Surface Pro that had a 2736 x 1824, 3:2, 12.3" display.

yes exactly this. using a 3:2 13.5in Surface Book 2 display at 3000x2000 has been a dream since I got this machine in 2018. high PPI is incredibly important for graphic design and photo/video editing as well, which I do often for personal and work purposes. Especially with a 3:2 aspect ratio, it's absolutely killer for most productivity workflows. I honestly have a hard time seeing myself ever leaving the Surface brand specifically because of the superior screen experience, it's that good. Anytime I see a new laptop review, I almost always shrug and dismiss because of a lack of PPI above 200 or a too wide aspect ratio. 3:2 should be more common.

 

[SparklyIO]

Would love to see the NPU put through its paces! That's really the reason for the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 processor and the price point anyway, right? To run local "AI" workflows, like a local LLM set.

From what I can find, its the first ultraportable with an NPU. And other laptops w the NPU are much more expense, larger, precanned Windows machine (for copilot?). Although, is there any Linux-based capability to run an LLM w this NPU?