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Re: MacBook Air M4

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I've been considering a Framework laptop for some time, but your comment made me reconsider. What do you think are the biggest shortcomings of your Framework 13"? How long ago did you get it? Thanks!

I got my FW 13 late Sept 2022 when pre-orders were available in Australia. I needed it for work. Look the modularity and repairability is nice, and I like how it addresses e-waste. However regarding modularity, I would rather have more fixed ports than a choice of changeable ones. My biggest gripe is battery life, in Linux I can only seem to get 4 hours of usage and that's if I'm lucky. More like 2.5 to 3 hours, and…

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Re: MacBook Air M4

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>I’m not surprised iPhones are struggling to obtain new market share Apple has >80% of the total operating profit in the smartphone market. The new entry level phone went up in price $200. Why do you think they do/should care about market share?

Their stock price is currently suffering because of how poorly iPhones are doing in places with real competition (i.e. China), the iPhone 16 when put side by side with Chinese phones just makes the iPhone look like a cheap knock-off. Even 90hz would fix most of these problems (and the panel is more than capable of it). They're fixing it on the iPhone 17 because of the above reasons, but it shows how badly their marke…

> poorly iPhones are doing in places with real competition (i.e. China)

ah yes, a country famous for capitalist competition

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