@Luke_Dupin Also an XPS 13 refugee here.
The screen and keyboard on the AMD Framework 13 are nice. The touchpad might be bit less polished, but that could be down to personal preference.
There is a bigger problem though: the battery life is pretty horrendous by default. There are guides and various hacks to (possibly) improve it, but it’s a frustrating trial’n’error process.
The software side (and even perhaps the BIOS) is definitely a work in progress. For example:
- Bad battery life - high power draw at idle and light use (Framework 13 Ryzen)
- [Guide] FW13 Ryzen Power Management
- [RESPONDED] AMD 7040 Sleep States
- [TRACKING] PPD v TLP for AMD Ryzen 7040
- Reasons for better battery life on Ubuntu compared to Fedora?
- Disappointing battery life on 13 Ryzen 7640U
So far it seems that there are no clear and proven solutions that “just work”. It’s also not clear what the Framework developers are doing to ameliorate this situation.