The only 11th gen Framework left in-stock is the 1185G7 DIY. That’s a big premium to pay IMO. I have a Batch 1 1165G7 with a custom power profile set up (mostly to minimize fan noise) that keeps the CPU from boosting or sustaining full TDP. Generally happy with battery life but I don’t use it on battery too often.
This is based on battery benchmarks from external notebook reviews.
Windows has good CPU support and power handling.
Let me ask around here to see if anyone else has suggestions about power handling on Ubuntu
So as you progress through the options it says “Sold out” Will check
@amoun This is for US, not sure of other locales. I assumed US based on OP’s time zone in another post.
You’re correct. Continental US and happy to buy someone’s used 11thgen
My Dell 9360 (i7-8550U, 65WH battery) can last up to 10/12 hours, if I want to squeeze it (e.g. turn down brightness, etc).
I also have a 66WH Dell power bank, so I can in theory extend it up to a day if I really needed to.
64GB is … doable, with framework. I doubt whether you will actually need it, however.
You can change the resolution of external monitors in system config. At least, in Windows.
Although by that point its probably better to ask if it is better to have a 24 inch 1440p monitor so you can fit more stuff onto one screen rather than having the need to split them between three?
I believe they have discrete graphics. Which will suck back a lot of power even if you are not using it. Also depend on the config the battery can be woefully small. That CPU is also desktop-spec and also use a lot of power.
Yeah the P series isn’t the most power-friendly. But this is to suffice people that want a bit more oomph, since the U series have half of the P core (and thus will be less efficient when cranking up as it must clock higher to do the same amount of calculations. Although the E cores are still pretty strong.
There isn’t really a market that ask for low-power systems with a huge amount of memory. You can try to get a netbook and stuff the highest capacity RAM into it.
If you want the power bank I can considered sell mine. However I also think Dell is probably still making them, so you can get those as well.
You won’t get 96GB ram in a dual channel config. for dual channel your options are 64GB or 128GB regardless of the system because the RAM modules need to be matched. So-called ‘hybrid’ dual channel with unmatched modules doesn’t hold a candle to real dual channel. Your question here needs to be whether or not Framework supports 64GB modules. If not you’re limited to 2x32GB.
my current laptop is a “Hp Laptop 15-dw1083wm” With a Pentium 6405U.
It has 2 DDR4 SODIMM slots so you can in theory equip it with 64GB. It come with a 720p 15 inch screen.
You can only equip it up to 64GB because that is the max amount supported by the CPU.
Depend on your exact config it may come with a 2.5 inch or a m.2 2280 SATA SSD. Regardless it have a SATA port and a PCIe port (that is not accessible from BIOS, meaning you cannot boot from it). That PCIe slot might be intended for Intel Optane solution, however, again, depend on the exact config it might be configured as such or not.
The motherboard has a slot for discrete graphics, however it is usually unpolulated, depend on the price.
All sounds good however the battery is very weak at only 47WH, so it can maybe run for 6 hours but don’t expect any better. But it is low power
A couple of things:
If only an Ubuntu guru here shared the same level of details here 
You can turn cores offline:
Going with the assumption that you can work will less processing capability for text entry.
Sure - that’s my usecase. Appreciate the link - and if a tool that changes those system parameters more easily comes to mind, please let me know
You can also pass kernel parameters at boot time:
True on all counts. I didnt’ travel as much when I purchased the Precision. Now I travel very frequently.
Although it’s an i7, the TDP is in the 10W - 15W range (https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/122589/intel-core-i78550u-processor-8m-cache-up-to-4-00-ghz.html) - which is half to third of the TDP of the i7s the 12th gen Frameworks are shipping with
Unfortunately, I tried to order the 11th gen with the low power options and they are all sold out.
The only one is stock are the power hungry i7 and in that case I would rather get the power hungry 12th gen, but I won’t - instead choose a lightly used T480
Sigh.
Also, when you’re on the go, can you get away with just using the integrated GPU? Disable your Quardo?
You can also lower your max scaling frequency on the processors:
Bit of a misconception here. The difference in power draw between i5 and i7 in 11th gen is negligible.
Agree. Higher binned processors (e.g. i7 vs i5) are more energy efficient per clock cycle. And therefore, more energy efficient per given length of instructions / tasks.
Maybe? Wouldn’t it require me to go into the BIOS though, everytime I wanted to toggle the iGPU?
I would rather pay for the convenience to not do so. Turning off the power means I have to close my work apps instead of a simple hibernate.
It would be cheaper for me to pay an airline/shop to plugin to their onboard power during flights/layovers (I would rather skip that though, which brought me to Framework but now I see they are abandoning power efficiency).
