hi,

pretty much the subject… I am trying to choose my next laptop and I am tempted to buy a framework 13 AMD. I saw this post from one year ago : https://www.phoronix.com/review/framework-13-amd

and while the review is impressive, comments are not. how things have evolved since then? any experience?

EDIT: you convinced me, I just ordered mine. Thanks for the incredible answers !
NEW EDIT: I use arch (btw), and Gnome. For the answers, I do not think this will pose a problem but… what do you think?
(and yes, I ordered mine before reading last comment of paequ2 who doesn’t like it… for reasonable reasons, maybe. I hope I will have more luck ;) )

  • freezy
    3·
    1 day ago

    Does anyone have experience running the 13 with linux and an eGPU by any chance?

    • typhoon@lemmy.world
      2·
      10 hours ago

      Via TB4? If I’m not mistaken Oculink eGPU adapter is only possible with the Framework 16. It may worth waiting to perhaps get the new Arrow Lake with a discrete TB5

      • freezy
        1·
        5 hours ago

        yes, that would be via TB4 for now…

        • typhoon@lemmy.world
          1·
          1 hour ago

          Got it, the performance in the the TB4 for eGPU isn’t very good, with a degradation of 30% or more in some cases

    • 5PACEBAR@lemmy.world
      3·
      1 day ago

      I can confirm the Intel version of the Framework 13 works amazingly with an eGPU (Fedora). 11th gen was my daily driver until I upgraded to a Framework 16 😎