The Framework is the most exciting laptop I've used

Re:The Framework is the most exciting laptop I've used by jhickok on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @03:03PM (#28608571)

Here it states that it has a worse performing battery than the XPS: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/07/frameworks-new-light...

Under the final section:

>>The ugly

    Only 61 percent the battery life of a similarly configured XPS 13

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Re:The Framework is the most exciting laptop I've used by CivBase on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @05:31PM (#28610234)

Interesting. Tom's Guide says pretty much the exact opposite, with the XPS coming in at roughly 78% the battery life of the Framework.

> In our battery test, which sets the laptop’s screen brightness to 150 nits and tasks it with endlessly browsing the web via Wi-Fi, the Framework lasted 10 hours and 17 minutes. That’s better than the Dell XPS 13 (7:59)

https://www.tomsguide.com/reviews/framework-laptop-review-th...

Maybe the XPS 13 configuration was different? Or maybe the tests were different in nature? Ars used PCMark 10, which is a standard benchmark that Dell could have specifically optimized for.

The Ars review does have this to say later on:

> The Framework also manages surprisingly high battery life under Ubuntu—in our semi-scientific video playback test, Framework runs neck and neck with the outstanding Acer Swift 3 at just over five hours, with everything else (including the XPS 13, which in this case is hampered by a 4k touchscreen display) trailing well behind.

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