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croutonwagon commented on 18 Months with a Framework 13 projectgus.com/2024/09/18... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti

AJRF · a year ago

I have a Framework 13 (AMD 7640U) and sometimes the machine will just freeze up, crash and reboot. I've never had that happen with another laptop (mostly been on MacBooks for the past ~8 years) - is that something that happens to other people?

I have the most up to date bios. Happens on both Windows and Linux which makes me think it's a CPU problem.

croutonwagon · a year ago

Not sure if Framework has a similar setting but we have seen this with Ryzen thinkpads specifically with Win 11.

Our fix was to turn off the CPU Power Management switch in the Bios.

croutonwagon commented on 18 Months with a Framework 13 projectgus.com/2024/09/18... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti

arianvanp · a year ago

> The laptop is also prone to occasionally cooking itself in a bag and discharging the battery while "suspended". This might be a Linux problem not a Framework problem:

It's actually a Microsoft problem. They've crippled any kind of sleep in x86 because they want to be able to spy on you whilst the laptop is off.

Any laptop after 2013 is basically unusable.

The framework laptop is so bad compared to my MacBook that I basically never use it. As any time I put it in the bag the battery is dead the next day.

Same with Windows and Linux. No difference. The thing just will always die after a day.

I either use my MacBook or my T430 for which I can still buy replacement batteries They're the only kind of sane devices.

I hope Microsoft's push to ARM will fix all of this mess and we can leave this chapter of buggy Intel and AMD "laptop" crap behind us.

croutonwagon · a year ago

Completely agree. Google modern standby or hybrid sleep. Its terrible.

I just full hibernate or shutdown when going into a bag. This is as true for my work thinkpad, as it is for my personal razer as it is for our more family/general use framework 13 that is de facto my wifes computer.

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Dalewyn · a year ago

>I don't trust them not to turn it back on

Microsoft respects Group Policy because enterprise uses Group Policy.

croutonwagon · a year ago

Thats not always true. Just today my team was investigating why windows updates didnt install on server 2016 despite deadlines and specific updates GPO's set.

We did have some tweaks as an outcome. But overall these policies have been in place for years. And since 2012R2 and later there have been multiple instances where windows updates policies wont apply in lieu of say... "maintenance windows" features being added to windows, so it ignores policies centered around deadlines etc.

croutonwagon commented on No screens before age of two, Swedish health authority tells parents theguardian.com/world/art... · Posted by u/Brajeshwar

margalabargala · a year ago

I was raised similarly to your cousins. We had fairly strictly limited times when we could watch TV, or especially, play computer games. As I got older, and started having more freedom, I would frequently use that freedom to play excessive amounts of games for an unhealthy amount of time, to the point where other important things like schoolwork sometimes suffered. The restrictions made it very difficult for me to develop self-control where tv and video games are concerned.

There are some caveats there. The restrictions on screens as a child meant that I was forced to find other ways to entertain myself, both via using my imagination and via spending time in the outdoors, which both formed some excellent childhood memories for myself and laid a foundation for some of my favorite characteristics about myself as an adult.

At any rate, I'm fortunate that I was/am able to be functional despite having the above-mentioned self-control issues; I now have a graduate degree and a great career. I'm now in my 30s and have parenthood coming (looming!) in a few months. We have not yet fully decided what our screen time rules will be.

croutonwagon · a year ago

I would say part of it too is nature (vs nurture). Those same cousins never developed that propensity into adulthood at all. And its likely that was due to how well they were parented overall.

Myself had a bit of a different household and those things I had to learn on my own. The lack of restrictions made me grow up a bit sooner. Neither really right or wrong. But some people dont have the best self control (even in adulthood). Ive brought that up with the WFH conversations here. Theres bias here because i would wager many are high performers and have great self control, but working with people I have noticed many adult colleagues arent that well self disciplined and putting them in the office setting does help.

croutonwagon commented on No screens before age of two, Swedish health authority tells parents theguardian.com/world/art... · Posted by u/Brajeshwar

croutonwagon · a year ago

Im not sure if we abided by the age of 2. But I will say we have moderated screen time, computer time and TV time (if they should be separated) and do moderate them. To the point that many of my 1st graders peers have much more experience with things like games than he does.

This can be a double sided sword. My kid now, when he DOES get screentime will become fully engrossed it in. Especially games, and will borderline be obsessive. Which is counter to what he wants, because then we moderate it more.

I had cousins that were similar. Were so limited on things like TV, they would just get engrossed. They had TV days and no TV days and TV days were limited to a couple hours. On the whole it seemed good but they would rush to get up at 6am to watch TV and would be basically zombies. While I had relatively unfettered access (I had a TV in my room by age 10 or 11), I was able to learn to self-moderate and not be obsessive.

And thats where I will need to land with my kid. Find a way to allow him some time and to learn to self moderate. I will say Nintendo does this well. You can set a limit on the console and let them somewhat manage it themselves. (they still have to ask us to pick it up currently, but maybe we change that).

croutonwagon commented on COSMIC Alpha Released blog.system76.com/post/co... · Posted by u/fisian

colordrops · a year ago

Yeah I hear you, sounds rough. Any experience with Linux on these devices? Windows BS isn't really an indictment of the hardware running Linux is it?

croutonwagon · a year ago

Hardware generally is great. Biggest complaint is them swapping the fn and ctrl keys, but you can change that in bios.

Most common failure points have been

1. Usb-c going bad on e an l series.

2. Chassis intrusion going off on t x or p series. Which will halt boot and require the user to ack

croutonwagon commented on COSMIC Alpha Released blog.system76.com/post/co... · Posted by u/fisian

colordrops · a year ago

I've got a P14s Gen 5 AMD and am not running into any issues on Linux that I couldn't resolve. Just a sample of one though.

croutonwagon · a year ago

Right. But im supporting these in a business environment with users that arent techy. Windows is basically needed. Privacy isnt even on the radar. And secuirty is handled via companies like crowdstrike.

croutonwagon commented on Apple to upgrade base Macs to 16GB RAM, starting from Apple M4 models business-standard.com/tec... · Posted by u/ripjaygn

danielktdoranie · a year ago

As an Apple fan, what Apple charges for RAM is insulting. Pre 2012 it was standard practice to buy your MacBook Pro with the minimum RAM, and you could upgrade the RAM yourself buying from Crucial and the like for WAY CHEAPER than what Apple sold the RAM for. To stop that Apple started soldering the RAM to the logic board. I’d have no problem buying RAM from Apple if they charged a fair market price. Sadly Apple seem hell bent on ripping us off.

croutonwagon · a year ago

THey did VERY similar with HDD's.

We were well into years of SSD's in laptops in the 2.5" sata format and Macbooks of the time (ie: 2012 models and even some after) were still chucking 5400 rpm spinning rust in there AND charging SSD prices for it.

It was bananas then, and they are just doing the same with a different component now.

croutonwagon commented on COSMIC Alpha Released blog.system76.com/post/co... · Posted by u/fisian

colordrops · a year ago

You haven't found a single Thinkpad without serious complaints? What kind of complaints?

croutonwagon · a year ago

I manage a fleet of Thinkpads at work, all AMD for the most part.

W11 and AMD has been fun. We had to disaple CPU Power Management in Bios and disable fast reboot as systems would struggle to come out of sleep.

Multiple models had hardware issues, especially E series (which are desktop replacements for us). Many of the T series will have chassis intrusion just trigger constantly and require depot work to fix.

None of these are insurmountable but they cant be ignored. Still doesnt have me going to back to Dell's build quality and Intels heat issues. Most AMD laptops can run on power saver for 98% of our workloads and be fine.

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archerx · a year ago

Right off a cliff. I refuse to downgrade to windows 11 and when push comes to shove I will be using Linux, I already use it a lot for my projects so ditching windows won’t be hard at all.

croutonwagon · a year ago

Im not so opposed to W11.

From a privacy standpoint, W10 has seen most of the crap backported already so its a bit of a wash.

Windows 11 is a bit different and does have some wonk still. But there are things integrated that are nice. I moved to an ultrawide recently and the W11 native options for things like window sizing or taskbar management are much better and don't need 3p apps like you do on w10 with the likes of PowerToys or Taskbarx.

I still use Linux day to day and may even move there for work to be honest now that I don't do a lot of IC work in windows now.