The Framework Laptop is now shipping

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jul 23, 2021, 1:26 PM UTC

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A chocolate tablet typically stores 4000kJ of energy. Yes that's 15 hand grenades, what are we waiting for: ban chocolate tablets now! And don't get me started on flour, not only it stores a ton of energy (50 grenades per kg) but it's also highly explosive! [1] [1]: (only with the right air to flour ratio of course, but accident happen every once in a while: https://www.grupa-wolff.com/a-tragic-flour-explosion/ )

The chocolate bar doesn't start a violent fire if pierced. If it would we could power our laptops with chocolate :) The flour conditions of exploding are far more difficult to achieve than a LiIon battery conditions - orders of magnitude difference.

Post by dylan604 » Fri, Jul 23, 2021, 1:28 PM UTC

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I would love to have a 10-key option, and to that end I have attempted using a wireless option. That device however won't even pair to my laptop. I would even be willing to use a wired one, but not enough of me to make it viable for someone to make. So many shortcut keys in my software are missing for a laptop keyboard. Instead, I have to use a full sized external keyboard and carry it around with me instead of just…

I might be understanding, but is something like this https://kinesis-ergo.com/products/#keypads what you’re looking for?

Post by xondono » Fri, Jul 23, 2021, 1:29 PM UTC

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New phones are water proof now which is something that modularity generally doesn’t allow.

I think phones can be both waterproof and modular. Going by [1], waterproof gaskets usually come from either glue or silicone. Glue obviously inhibits modularity, but silicone gaskets work fine. 1: https://www.ifixit.com/News/30845/your-phone-is-never-waterp...

Post by piyh » Fri, Jul 23, 2021, 1:33 PM UTC

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The approach Qualcomm has taken in their flagship ARM processors is probably correct for laptops as well as phones. There are four low-power single thread cores. They do grunt work at high efficiency but low capability. There are three medium-power single thread cores. They suck up more electricity when in use but can get tasks that the user cares about accomplished, and sleep all the time that the phone is not runni…

There are somewhat reliable rumors that intel are doing exactly this big.LITTLE config in the near future. [0] https://wccftech.com/intels-alder-lake-platform-will-introdu...

Post by xondono » Fri, Jul 23, 2021, 1:37 PM UTC

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victor9000 wrote: post #254

This device is seriously the answer to all my laptop problems. I really like the form factor of the XPS 13, but now I'm stuck with the complete inability to upgrade RAM. In what universe is that normal? Then I accidentally nuked the USB-C ports on the left side when it got wet, and now I'm left with a single port for everything, including charging. What!? Why? I tore the entire thing apart and there's just no way to…

> In what universe is that normal? In a universe where you want high-performance energy efficient RAM. Premium ultracompact laptops have long moved to LPDDR which is both faster and consumes significantly less energy than regular modular DDR. And LPDDR does not come in DIMMs. And then you have Apple who are using custom package technology with custom RAM chips to cut down RAM power consumption to under one watt activ…