I can kinda see both sides to that, for one if you say it supports xGB ram someone may think that it is possible right now and then complain.
There is also the point that they can’t test with more (apart from the pre production stuff they may have access to) and there may be gremlins in the memory controller that actually only show up with bigger modules so it’s also a bit of a cover your ass move.
Honestly I’d prefer if they’d rate the actual theoretical maximums but by the time I need more than 256GB of memory in my laptop the cpu will be quite outdated XD.
Yesterday I tried to run LLama30B model on my laptop and it used 20GB of RAM just to run it.
I couldn’t even try the 2x larger version because I only have 32GB at this moment.
Are you really sure that we’re not approaching the limits? We’re already here and by limiting RAM to 64GB laptops are already behind.
Personally I’d never buy FW16 if maximum RAM wouldn’t be more than 64GB because my current laptop already has this same limit.
But this is alleviated by the fact that motherboards would be somewhat swappable. So at least that means that down the line one could upgrade to a motherboard that would have design that supports CPU’s theoretical limit.
My dude we are talking about 256 not 64 and how that is probably not actually the maximum it’s capable of. 64 would indeed be a bit low. Who’s limiting ram to 64gb?
Honestly, why are you doing that…
Running it in Software sucks already (PyTorch still doesn’t support Intel graphics), if you’re serious about AI, then use an eGPU connected to a card actually meant to run these things!!
Spending money on more RAM will be pointless for you.
Well in other occasions I have a lot of tabs that I have opened. But to run that model I didn’t run the browser and so on. The purpose was to try and figure out what it can do.
Do you think that it would be possible to connect NVIDIA A100 as an eGPU? Because if you suggest that I should use an external GPU then why not use something which is advertised as the top of the line?
I think that additional RAM price is a little different… maybe 20x…
Stick of my currently installed RAM costs 80€ (so actually it’s 60times as cheap to buy additional 32GB of RAM): https://www.kaina24.lt/search?q=M471A4G43AB1-CWE
Thanks for sharing the dedicated thread, i’ll post there instead. But I don’t think this is really a concern that should matter, because no one would expect to get display port or charging functionality via USB-A. And it’s fine to just say that it’s not possible – if the company trusts their customers to put a laptop together and bring their own components, then I’m sure you can trust people to know what their USB hub is capable of.
Edit: That thread is about USB-C, I was suggesting USB-A.
While true, it’s bigger and probably bulkier, and will likely cost more. So it makes little sense to get it for this reason alone, just getting an external USB hub would be far more cost and weight efficient.
I understand the rest of the points though! Thanks.
Hey, I’m new here, so sorry if there’s a better way to go about this and I’m unaware. I didn’t see this suggested anywhere else, and I think this is the place to do so. I think it’d be really cool if framework offered bezels with pride flag coloring! I’d certainly get one, and I imagine it’d be a fun thing to release around pride month!
While I would also love this, I don’t know how feasible it would be to make a multi-colored bezel. There’s a good reason all the current options are just a single color. That said, It would be cool to someday see other Framework Pride merch, either made by the company or community!
That’s fair. Though, for stuff like that which framework couldn’t afford to keep in stock like their other products, maybe it’d be possible to do a limited edition run of them? Either way, I understand that it’s not a priority for them at the moment.
The current bezels seem to be done just through coloring the plastic used for molding it. I don’t think their current process works for multi-colored bezels. If we do see bezels like that, I think it won’t be for quite some time, unfortunately.
Maybe not quite as cool, but decals could be an option now. I believe you can get vinyl decals cut in custom shapes. Getting a single piece decal done I imagine might be expensive, but perhaps done in 4 pieces instead wouldn’t be too bad.
not sure how well this works, but as we can easily remove the bezel, you could try (spray)painting it yourself? but im no expert in painting, so idk which colors or materials would work best… sounds like a fun diy project tho
I personally think that Framework still has to perfect their framework 13 laptop. I have seen many reviews that have stated problems that I am experiencing as well. To start I think there is a big issue with the audio and the trackpad. The audio is pretty bad and the quality sounds different depending where you seat your device. Am I playing with the Minecraft Note block or am I just trying to watch a YouTube video. After some use the trackpad feels mushy (the best way I can describe it).
Being honest with you, I don’t know which speakers I have. I have the speakers that come with the laptop when you buy them. I don’t remember modifying my purchase in terms of the audio.
The 13th Gen comes with the 80dB speakers. For the 11th & 12th gen, they come with the original speakers, but you can switch to the 80dB ones. Chromebook version also comes with 80dB.
