Since there appears to have been a topic for all the other batches, I thought I would do one for the batch I am in
I plan on sticking Arch/Manjaro on, but prob using Deepin as the DE, switching away from using a MBP as my DD for the last 15 years
all the apps I use work on Linux, and rather than sticking arch on the MBP might aswell go dedicated
The one I ordered was
1165G7
64Gb (32x2)
1TB SN850
International (I prefer ansi to iso)
UK power
(even though I’ll prob never use it since I use a Razer Core X Chroma, always good to have a spare, since my wife basically steals my MBPs)
Given the current status of batch 8, I think I should be able to receive my 1135G7 model by the end of March, but I won’t expect it to arrive any sooner.
I’ve ordered an i5 16 GB RAM, I already have ordered a 1 TB WD850 separately because it was much cheaper here in Germany.
I am aslo replacing an old MacBook Pro with it and I’m planning to install manjaro, maybe dual boot with windows for firmware updates, especially the firmware update of the WD 850.
I’m also on batch 9, I hope it will arrive before April in France because I will be away in April
I ordered exactly the same as Leon, but I will use Ubuntu.
This new laptop is actually the opportunity for me to go back to Linux that I left 10 years ago.
Hi !
From France too, batch 9. Hoping it will arrive soon, can’t wait to get my hands on it !
i5 1135G7
16 Gb
500 Gb storage
2 USB C
2 USB A
1 HDMI
(DIY edition)
I will use it with fedora 35 only (don’t want to waste time with windows).
I am just a bit concerned about battery life, but it should be manageable by tweaking.
I’ll first try a dumb Windows, and see if a good old Linux Mint wouldn’t be as good in terms of battery life for the uses I have.
(freaking Win11 wanting to make me create an account and stuff )
My DYI config :
Spec :
i5 1135G7
1 x 16GB
Cards:
1 x USB-A
1 x Display Port (oh good Lord I needed this)
1 x HDMI
1 x MicroSD
Hope I’ll get my hands on it before the end of March
No NVMe SSD since i can buy the same one cheaper in NL
Epansion Cards
1 Displayport
1 HDMI
1 MicroSD
2 USB-C
1 USB-A
Not sure which cards i’ll end up daily driving but having the others in the bag will be nice.
I’m planning to put Fedora on it but might distrohop if i don’t like it.
Is there any indication of when batch 9 might get processed/ sent out? Any status page we can follow? Will diy kits be sent earlier as they don’t need assembly? My main laptop has just bricked itself.
Generally seems to start in the middle of the month, Batch 8 has slipped over into March a little because of public holidays in Taiwan. We haven’t managed to find any pattern at all in the order in which orders were fulfilled in Batch 8 - it doesn’t appear to be quite as organised into sub-batches as American batches were.
Woohoo, pre ordering from The Netherlands is now available. Seems I am the first one ordering from The Netherlands, but currently I am living in Bali. So I hope it will be delivered before my parents will fly end of March😊
After 10 years being in love with Google Chromebooks I am curious if we can make a decentralized / distributed web 3.0. For me it’s primarily not about earning cryptocurrency, but sharing the abundance of computing power when I don’t need it myself. I hope to see a future where tools such as Wikipedia can work this way. So I am happy to see a more open source ecosystem with framework.
Can’t wait to have it in my hands and joining the framework experience journey together with this community.
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