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How Would You Spec a Framework 13 for an Educational Use Case? (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Currently looking at a DIY AMD 7640U, 1x16GB RAM, 250GB storage, 1 USB-C, 2 USB-A, 1 HDMI.

My use case will mostly entail note taking in class. I've got a built PC at home.

But I'm not a hardware guy, would I be better served w/ different CPU or RAM set up in your opinions? I've mostly picked bottom tier specs but is there anything in your opinions that is worth splurging on, all things considered?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

imo 250gb is not enough at all, at least spec a 500gb or 1tb. I don't even have games on my 256gb machine and it's out of storage because of proprietary software bullshit.

Buying storage directly from framework is expensive though, I recommend just buying it from a local hardware store. The cheapest out of the sn550/570/580/750/850, crucial p5, kc2500 should do.

Also, 1x16gb will halve your memory bandwidth, get a 2x8gb kit

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

imo 250gb is not enough at all

Depends entirely on what you're using the device for and how (if at all) you utilize networked (NAS, cloud, etc) or external storage. For me personally 256gb would be way more than needed, since I have nothing that would take large amounts of storage on local device.

Also, 1x16gb will halve your memory bandwidth, get a 2x8gb kit

1x 16gb would allow cheaper upgrade to 32gb later if that's something OP is concerned about.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Depends entirely on what you’re using the device for and how (if at all) you utilize networked (NAS, cloud, etc) or external storage. For me personally 256gb would be way more than needed, since I have nothing that would take large amounts of storage on local device.

I guess that might be true but for me just installing all the random proprietary crap like matlab takes up a lot of my storage (even more if you need multiple versions), so for using laptops in education I really doubt that 250gb is comfortably enough. I'd honestly rather pay the extra $15 than constantly worry about running out of storage.

1x 16gb would allow cheaper upgrade to 32gb later if that’s something OP is concerned about.

I don't really like this argument because by the time they'd be upgrading ram the price of ram (of that speed/spec) would probably have depreciated a lot and it would be just cheaper to buy it in the future. It also kinda limits you to staying on that generation/speed of ram which is bad.