11th Gen batch 2.
Oh boy…long list of rants over the past 12 months or so. I’ve got all [almost all] that out of my system over numerous posts…and have accepted my fate with my particular unit.
I can be very harsh against my particular 11th gen Framework laptop…but that might be because 7 of 12 laptaops I own are Thinkpads (X, P and W line), 2 of 12 are Dell Precision and Rugged Extreme line.
In summary: Depends what your baseline expectation / experience has been with laptops…you may / may not find the Framework Laptop acceptable.
For me (with my probably rather unpopular opinion of my unit): It probably is not the worst CAD$2600 laptop that you can buy, but it’s the worst CAD$2600 laptop that I own. On the flip side, it’s the most repairable laptop I own…except battery replacement (no battery is available in the marketplace yet…for a year now(?) ). But that brings me to “Do I want / need to repair a laptop that I don’t use?”.
For example, from this short video…there are four potential issues one could run into (if we’re being picky):
- The chamfered edge isn’t deep enough…lifting up the screen successfully every single time could depend on humidity / fingertip grip…or use your finger nails…not comfortable.
- Screen wobble / hinge resonance.
- Wake time / responsiveness.
- Fingerprint reader accuracy / reliability.