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by RosanaAnaDana 1262 days ago
How is the weight/ mobility/ versatility?

I jumped on the System76 train initially and feel burned. I'm looking for an alternative for my next machine. Its gotta actually have functional battery life next round. I expected a firmware update at some point from system76 to resolve this and it basically has never happened.
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Kadin 1261 days ago
I just got issued a System76 at work and I thought I must have configured something wrong.

On one hand, I guess I'm glad it's not me; on the other hand, I wish it was just some dumb config toggle ("terrible_battery_life enable") that I could flip back to get more than a few hours of working time, or ~48 hours in my briefcase with the lid closed (!!!), before it was dead as a brick.

It's like the early 2000s all over again, where the battery just got you from one outlet to the next.

I feel bad even saying anything, because I like the company and Pop_OS and what they're trying to do in general. But damn, that's a big flaw to just ship products with in 2022.

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blumomo 1261 days ago
System76 is working on a firmware update which targets all models listed here: https://github.com/system76/firmware-open/issues/340
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nsilvestri 1261 days ago
I love the form factor, but the battery is my second biggest gripe with my Framework (after fractional scaling still not supported by many apps). Even after tweaking settings ad nauseam, I cannot get the suspend battery life to last more than 12-16 hours.
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unhammer 1261 days ago
https://community.frame.work/t/test-results-for-standby-batt... seems like those expansion cards are the main suspend battery draw. Too bad, they look very handy.
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cge 1261 days ago
If that's for an 11th gen model, that's taking into account the problems with HDMI/displayport extensions, and either not using them, or using the beta firmware update?

The limited suspended battery life is admittedly rather annoying for me as well, but it doesn't seem as bad as it is in your case.

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Rebelgecko 1261 days ago
The killer for me is USB-A. Each draws about half a watt while the laptop is suspended, more than it usually draws when the laptop is turned on! With a 55 Wh battery, that really eats into your standby time (although I still usually get multiple days).
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