Good morning, afternoon, and evening, Framework Community,
I am likely going to be parting ways with my Lenovo Legion 7i as while it is an absolute beast in terms of specifications, the battery life is absolutely egregious and in that regard not really suitable for my use case (just a general personal laptop as well as one suitable for comp. sci in college.) I had initially intended for it to be used as a desktop-away-from-home and to match my extremely powerful custom-built desktop at home, but realized I really do not need that and can get the processing power elsewhere if needed. Anyways, to get to the point: I have been eyeing the Framework Laptop (both 13 and 16) for years, practically since their inception, and am now considering securing the Framework 13 with the Ryzen 7040 series chips (while supplies last) and potentially utilizing an eGPU if necessary on the go, primarily due to reading conflicting reports on the Framework 16’s battery life (not exactly my top concern with a laptop, but it is definitely something that could have an impact at times) and so I decided to come here to ask which do you all think would be best for this use case? and, for a lesser question, is the battery life in the FW 16 really that much worse than that of the FW 13? I truly do want to support Framework’s initiative, which is why I am willing to take some risks.
Sorry if this is too incohesive, it was admittedly written a little hastily, but I hope I get my point across! Additionally, if this was the wrong category to publish this in, please do let me know and I will shift gears.