Ask HN: Would you recommend a framework laptop

Re:Ask HN: Would you recommend a framework laptop by machinestops on Sunday November 17, 2024 @06:39AM (#42163602)

I use a Framework. I would advise looking up the parts you select prior to ordering. I didn't, and I accidentally selected an SSD that has known firmware issues (it unmounts itself randomly while in use). No fixes for this issue in 2 years has me skeptical of buying again, but I'm otherwise pretty happy with the device.

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Re:Ask HN: Would you recommend a framework laptop by amelius on Sunday November 17, 2024 @06:47AM (#42163642)

That's terrible, but note that this sort of thing seems to happen with e.g. Apple devices too:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5486533

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Re:Ask HN: Would you recommend a framework laptop by machinestops on Monday November 18, 2024 @11:55AM (#42174280)

External drives disconnecting themselves isn't an unknown issue. It's a bit different when it is your boot drive.

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Re:Ask HN: Would you recommend a framework laptop by machinestops on Monday November 18, 2024 @11:56AM (#42174289)

Maybe I should reconfigure my OS to run out of RAM.

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Re:Ask HN: Would you recommend a framework laptop by malfist on Saturday November 23, 2024 @08:35PM (#42225317)

You're probably joking, but OSes like damn small Linux, knoppix, and puppy Linux can be configured to boot to ram. They're often used as a rescue os

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Re:Ask HN: Would you recommend a framework laptop by machinestops on Sunday November 24, 2024 @06:18AM (#42227297)

I'm not joking. I used to be an Alpine user, but I ran it in disk mode. Any OS can probably be made to boot to RAM. You just need to get the initramfs to extract a rootfs image to RAM (tmpfs), and set that filesystem as root before handing off to init. What makes Puppy special is the stuff it does to persist changes.

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Re:Ask HN: Would you recommend a framework laptop by dathinab on Sunday November 17, 2024 @07:36AM (#42163873)

> No fixes for this issue in 2 years [..]

I'm not sure how framework is supposed to fix a SSD firmware issue if the vendor doesn't fix that.

Also out of interest which SSD was it?

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Re:Ask HN: Would you recommend a framework laptop by machinestops on Monday November 18, 2024 @11:54AM (#42174268)

Preventing the issue from ocurring by not selling a known incompatible configuration is the approach I'd take personally. It's the combination of the 512GB WD Black and the i5.

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Re:Ask HN: Would you recommend a framework laptop by ramon156 on Sunday November 17, 2024 @06:47AM (#42163645)

I was already considering buying the SSD and RAM myself, so that's good to know.

This sounds like a similar issue I've had with my own computer. I assumed the problem was that the board is form 4th gen intel, DDR3 RAM, and it definitely doesn't support an EVO 970 since it's from ~2014. I had to put the bootloader on another drive to avoid this. Not a very pretty solution, but it still works!

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