Keyboard and Speakers - They're fine

Framework Laptop 16
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I just received my Framework 16 2 hours ago, and I just wanted to share my initial impressions. For context, I am regularly using a Razer Blade 15, Thinkpad T470, and a Dell Precision worstation laptop.

The keyboard feels great, and the speakers are the best I’ve had on a laptop. Do they sound as good as a MacBook Pro? No. But compared to my thinkpad, razer blade, and dell laptop they are hands down both louder and sound better by a large margin. Mind you, the other laptops I have use utterly terrible speakers. I’m personally glad the keyboard feels fine (to me) because I plan on using this laptop to write my novel and write code.

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Other misc things I noticed:

  • This thing feels built. It has more heft that I would’ve expected and does not feel fragile to me. Personally, I like a laptop with a little more bludgeoning potential.
  • I did get one of the spacers that seems to have a mild bend to it, but it was easily bent back into shape.
  • The keyboard doesn’t register the first keystroke sometimes, but I have this issue on my Razer and I’m 99% certain it’s my powertop profile putting it into a lowpower state. I will note my thinkpad doesn’t do this with the same profile.
  • Holy cow the power brick is tiny (smaller/same size as my 60W thinkpad charger)
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It’s always good to have an emergency weapon handy, lol.

Interesting to hear (hah) your opinion on the speakers, since a lot of people have said they’re quiet/muffled, likely due to the side-firing. I suppose everyone’s experience may be different!

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The personal laptops up until now had speakers that made me say “I would rather pull out my phone and watch something on there” but the Framework does not. I would also prefer upward firing, obviously, but I am glad they’re not down firing because then they don’t get muffled when I’m laying in bed.

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