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    Interesting, but not terribly surprising. The “gamer” is probably choosing something like Alienware, the “Windows power user” / “business user” is probably picking Lenovo, and the general consumer is going cheap.

    I will say as a Linux user that these do look damn cool and if I was shopping for laptops, it’d be the frontrunner.

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      3 months ago

      I could be wrong but Razer and Legion seem like stronger gamer brands compared to Alienware these days.

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        3 months ago

        You’re probably right, I am not exactly keeping up!

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          Alienware is still reasonably popular for sure. It’s just not what it was back in the day. I should’ve mentioned ROG as well.

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      3 months ago

      Have the 12" and just ordered the desktop. Top quality and love the mission. Keep them at the top of your list!!

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        1 month ago

        had been thinking of something similar but recently pivoted to a 13 Pro only with a dock for home. Not sure if thunderbolt and a dock (which one) is a thing with the 13Pro though?

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          There are definetly docks/hubs made to work with that model.

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    3 months ago

    The video said it was a MBP for Linux users so this doesn’t seem like much of a headline

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      i’ve been boggling over that part; it doesn’t have anywhere near the same battery life like mac or coreboot does.

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        I’ve been reading 20 hours of battery life while streaming. Battery life doesn’t improve the experience beyond a certain point, my XPS with Debian gets about 6 hours, my M1 MBA get about 8, I really don’t need more than 8 hours.

        I prefer standby as a measure of usefulness my MBA can sleep for weeks, my XPS can only last 4-5 days.

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            I’ll probably get one one once ram and storage prices come back to reality

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          I know for my own needs, more than a few hours of battery life is wasted on me. If I’m using a computer for literally the entire day, there is power available.

          Framework 13 Pro’s 20 hours of battery life while streaming video is damn impressive though.

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            Oh ok, I thought you were referring to a test result when you said it doesn’t come anywhere near the MBP. I just heard that it’s supposed to be about the same.

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    Have been thinking of a 13 Pro only with a dock for home to replace my ancient laptop and mini-desktop. Not sure if thunderbolt and a dock (which one?) is a thing with the 13Pro though?