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Put it off too long. Here's to my final laptop purchase šŸ» (lemmy.ml)
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[-] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 24 points 1 year ago

Here's what I got and why:

CPU: Ryzenā„¢ 7 7840HS - I could have gotten the more expensive one, but based on the Framework forums, they seem identical. If I want a better CPU later, I'll buy one that actually has a performance boost

RAM: DDR5-5600 - 32GB (2 x 16GB) - I don't need 64GB (current system is 32GB and never had any issues). Also heard that more RAM = more time to go to sleep and wake up. Reason I went for two, 16GB sticks instead of one 32GB stick is in my mind - 2 RAM sticks can send memory faster than 1 stick, ya? (Who knows, but yolo)

Storage: WD_BLACKā„¢ SN850X NVMeā„¢- M.2 2280 - 2TB - I'm perpetually at 1TB on my current laptop, so 2TB sounds good. I cba to deal with a secondary drive

Expansion Bay Module: Graphics Module (AMD Radeonā„¢ RX 7700S) - Nobrainer, let's play some games!

Expansion Cards: DisplayPort (2nd Gen) - šŸ–• HDMI. 3 x USB-A so I can plug in mouse/keyboard/headphones. 2 x USB-C so I can plug in a charger and future-proof for the world of USB-C dominance

[-] huntrss@feddit.de 11 points 1 year ago

I ask the most important question:

Which Linux Distribution are you gonna use?

And before you answer: There are wrong answers šŸ¤Ŗ

[-] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Prolly Arch with XFCE šŸ¤Ŗ. Imo there's no "wrong" Linux distro, thanks to things like Flatpaks they're mostly all the same

[-] huntrss@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Arch is the correct answer šŸ˜œ

[-] Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Are you saying I shouldn't have installed Hannah Montana?

[-] huntrss@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

šŸ˜‚

[-] Sunny@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago

Am curious about this too!

[-] otter@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Reason I went for two, 16GB sticks instead of one 32GB stick is in my mind - 2 RAM sticks can send memory faster than 1 stick, ya? (Who knows, but yolo)

I think this is what you're referring to

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-channel_memory_architecture

I don't have the experience to confirm if your hardware can take advantage of that, but maybe?

With a TDP of 35 W, the Ryzen 7 7840HS consumes only little energy. AMD's processor supports DDR5 memory with a dual-channel interface.

https://www.techpowerup.com/cpu-specs/ryzen-7-7840hs.c3033

Downside being that it's harder to upgrade to 64Gb later on if you only have two slots.

Anyways congrats!

[-] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

Downside being that itā€™s harder to upgrade to 64Gb later on if you only have two slots.

Not harder, just more expensive. šŸ˜‚

[-] PopOfAfrica@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

While I like what framework is doing, given that Linus Sebastian is a investor of the company, I don't think I can support them.

At least not until the sexual harassment investigation that he promised would be released is finally released and shows no wrongdoing. Although I suspect it was a line it's never going to get released.

[-] otter@lemmy.ca 42 points 1 year ago

I think he invested $250k, which my gut says is a very small part of what the company got?

Don't buy a computer if you don't need it obviously, but consider that other companies likely have bad/harmful investors too. Bad people benefiting from a good thing isn't a reason to hate on the good thing

This might change if he owned a more significant part of the company

[-] silliewous@feddit.nl 15 points 1 year ago

So what youā€™re saying is that youā€™ll never buy anything anymore? Every company has shit investors. Your actual reason is probably more like ā€œItā€™s too expensive and donā€™t actually care enough for what they stand forā€

[-] feine_seife@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago

And if you knew what other investors of other companies did... cough E.Island

[-] PopOfAfrica@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Its a matter of trust. I trusted the man and he betrayed it. Simple as that.

[-] bilb@lem.monster 6 points 1 year ago

It's pricey, but I haven't regretted it. I was in the second batch of deliveries for the 16.

[-] jbk@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 year ago

Congrats! I'm a bit jealout of all Laptop 16 owners since I got a Laptop 13 before the 16 was even announced. My unit works just fine and I don't really need a dGPU for gaming, so I'm not gonna order a 16, but stillā€¦ all the nice hardware lol

[-] McFarius@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

What's the expected shipping timeline on batch 18?

[-] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

All we know is Q2 but it's on time

[-] s12@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

Oh cool. Iā€™m in batch 18 too!

Sooā€¦ how long is it expected to take to arrive?

[-] Abbrahan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

We are going through a batch every week approximately. Batch 6 just got charged so about 12 weeks for batch 18?

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