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The new and upgraded Framework Laptop

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1680 points etbusch | 10 comments | 19 May 22 12:19 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source | bottom
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doyougnu ◴[19 May 22 17:07 UTC] No.31437263[source]▶
I recently bought a framework laptop for a daily driver when I'm not on my desktop. For context I was running NixOS on an old 2014 macbook air, and I work on the glasgow haskell compiler in my day job so I do a lot of CPU heavy tasks.

I've got to say, as long as these things are being produced I'll never go back. They are just too good and I cannot recommend them highly enough. One of the things that didn't occur to me before I bought it was that _because_ of the modular design I can switch the side the power port is on. That may not seem like much but it was a revelation the first time I sat on the couch and thought "huh I really wish this was over on that side....wait a minute!".

I've also had absolutely no problems with NixOS on my machine, even my apple earbuds easily connect via bluetooth, something that I never quite got working on my macbook.

10/10 This is damn close to my dream laptop and I'm excited a new version is on the way.

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1. wollsmoth ◴[19 May 22 17:09 UTC] No.31437287[source]▶
You can basically do this with macs if you still use the usb-c charger. Even with the new ones they still charge through those ports on either side.

But yeah, being able to swap those ports is great. I'm feeling the pain of having only 1 hdmi out on my laptop and the ability to just add one on sounds amazing.

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2. k8sToGo ◴[19 May 22 17:13 UTC] No.31437334[source]▶
Isn't there an issue if you plug in on the wrong side? I remember something about CPU and throttling.
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3. kibwen ◴[19 May 22 17:13 UTC] No.31437335[source]▶
Do Macs still favor charging via the USB-C ports on the right side? IIRC charging on the left caused overheating/throttling. I'd be interested to know if the Framework also favors a specific port for charging.
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4. wollsmoth ◴[19 May 22 17:21 UTC] No.31437469[source]▶
Oh Idk actually. I was happy to learn it still works on the magsafe ones so I can still use the old charger though.
5. philistine ◴[19 May 22 17:39 UTC] No.31437718[source]▶
This sounds like a thing that happened on the Intel ones. The M1 laptops have a large cooling overhead that would render the point moot.
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6. philistine ◴[19 May 22 17:41 UTC] No.31437743[source]▶
That was the Intel models.
7. KptMarchewa ◴[19 May 22 17:42 UTC] No.31437764[source]▶
That was an intel mac thing.
8. conradev ◴[19 May 22 18:18 UTC] No.31438202{3}[source]▶
One other difference is that the M1 MacBook Pros only have one port on the right side and two on the left now, which has been annoying a few times
9. shepherdjerred ◴[19 May 22 18:24 UTC] No.31438254[source]▶
https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/363337/how-to-find...
10. happyopossum ◴[19 May 22 18:36 UTC] No.31438384[source]▶
Not anymore. The latest Intel and all of the M1 based ones work fine from either side with no heat issues.