George Hotz: Replacing My MacBook

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by __rito__ • 8 months ago

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arresin• 8 months ago

I would like to move off iPhone also but there is no viable alternative that isn’t worse.

If someone makes one of these in a nice 16” form factor, OLED screen, aluminium unibody, no stupid branding everywhere, I think it might be time for a lot of developers to switch.

1000%

fabiensanglard• 8 months ago

The battery life is what keeps me going back to my MacBook Pro every time I try to switch to a Linux laptop.

From what I understand, almost all linux problems in this area are firmware/driver shortcoming. So, in theory, could the Framework laptop rival Apple?

They are built from the ground up to run Linux so I assume they have access to the firmware or at least can request features from vendors?

xenospn• 8 months ago

That’s like saying “all of Somalia’s problems are people-based, so in theory, it could be like Japan”.

znpy• 8 months ago

So, in theory, could the Framework laptop rival Apple?

Yes in theory.

Btw it seems that Framework has open sourced their embedded driver firmware source code:

- https://frame.work/it/en/blog/open-sourcing-our-firmware

- https://github.com/FrameworkComputer/EmbeddedController

So again, in theory there could be a much better hardware/software (linux) integration.

Not sure if there is anybody actually modding that firmware (would be cool to know).

F7F7F7• 8 months ago

Since 2006 I’ve been on this same mission. Let us know when you’ve figured it out.

George Hotz: Replacing My MacBook

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