| Vinay, I'm as close to a True Believer for this product as you'll find. I'm typing this from a Blade 15 in Ubuntu I bought 2 weeks ago for deep learning (not knowing about the Lambda collaboration!) I've been using Razer laptops for years and use Lambda boxes at work. All great computers. As you can imagine, running Linux on these is a chore (my current adventure [1]) so I'm very excited to see some official support. I have many questions, but the first is something that seems so obvious from the outside: Razer clearly has a battery-failure problem. From my perspective this is because these laptops are plugged in most of the time and have no control to avoid changing to 100% and holding the battery there. Over the lifetime, that's terrible for the battery and most vendors do something about it. Apple will not always charge to 100% via some mysterious schedule, an older Dell Latitude I had used a setting in the BIOS to charge to 90% when plugged in for a long time. Why doesn't Razer get their BIOS vendor to do this? At this point it feels like a reputational problem, and one that is well deserved. I've bought 4 Razer batteries on eBay for 3 different laptops and expect to buy a fifth for this machine in a few years. Regardless, thanks for making the first laptop I've ever seen that feels like it was made for me. Can't wait to try one out. [1] https://abarry.org/ubuntu-on-razer-blade-15-2022-advanced/ |
> an older Dell Latitude... setting in the BIOS So we've engaged with American Megatrends to license the BIOS directly... a cross function of business and legal folks at Lambda are currently figuring that out, but I'm excited to report that we know we can version control the BIOS!
> I've bought 4... 3 different... a fifth... Oof; that's a reputation. I do really admire and respect the approach Frame.work has taken towards modular, user-servicable systems with components. A mindset of sustainability from the outset is something I think we all here strive for.
From someone here who has a background in chemical engineering, can you ELI5 lithium ion battery degradation?
Andy, the director of product (Dan) has been/will be reaching out to you.
Vinay