• sunstoned@lemmus.org
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    5 hours ago

    Personally I would love to see the 360 hinge tech come over the 13! The number of times I’ve been on a plane and have been worried about spilling my drink on my keyboard alone would justify the buy for me.

    I guess a touch screen is the only way to make it marketable but I’d buy it with or without. Once I start my movie I only really care to play/pause, which I can do with my headphones.

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    13 hours ago

    It could be tremendous for Framework if they managed to secure some enterprise contracts with these, maybe for a few large school districts and the like. Something like this running ChromeOS or Ubuntu indeed would totally outclass what a lot of schools are using, and the repairability would be massively attractive (you wouldn’t believe how much and how badly kids beat up school laptops, not to mention their own).

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    22 hours ago

    Would be interesting to see how well the stylus works on Linux. Would be the first Linux drawing tablet I’ve seen

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      8 hours ago

      It works as well as it does on Windows. I got to try them out in person during the event. They had windows and Arch installs on the 12. There’s a slight lag, very similar to how it feels on Chromebooks.

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      13 hours ago

      On my Lenovo the touchscreen registered as a Wacom I believe. Should work similarly to a drawing screen I suppose?

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    20 hours ago

    This will be a good laptop for the younger crowd and students.

    I also imagine schools investing in these, if the price is right.

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    24 hours ago

    I wouldn’t buy one of these for myself. Screen is too small. Too plastic. Hot and power hungry Intel with shit graphics. Also don’t like touch screens. But for a kid who likes to draw, loves colourful gadgets, and needs a BYD laptop for school next year, the only question is how much?

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      22 hours ago

      Definitely not my taste either, but I feel like the processor is the only real issue that isn’t personal preference. With an amd refresh and depending on the price it seems like it could be quite good.

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    20 hours ago

    I’m sure we’ll see AMD options sooner or later so I don’t feel like that’s a big deal.

    I think it would be cool to see a premium version with all metal exterior. I’m sure it would just be a matter of replacing the panels. Or maybe a tablet based on these internals, since the internals seem to be exclusive to the 12 🤔

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    1 day ago

    lot of people have been asking for a touch screen option for the 13 inch framework. Personally I never got why, i remember being given a first gen surface in high school and despising it with a passion, but here you go! Touch screen! Unfortunately it’s not a 13 inch upgrade, but still. Seems like a big part of the focus is as an option for kids at school which is cool.

    Seems like it could be good as a drawing tablet, given it has a stylus and all. I’ll stick with my Wacom for now ( thank you Wacom on Linux project!).