Comment on Review: Framework Laptop finally gets an AMD Ryzen config—and it’s pretty good

Dave@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• bilb@lem.monster ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I think it’s an alright compromise. I rarely move my expansion cards around. I use four USB-C cards and sometimes swap one out for a storage card that has Windows installed on it.

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  • Dave@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I also don’t move them often, it’s interesting they weren’t able to get all 4 the same though. I haven’t read anything that actually explains it. I guess the CPU can only handle that configuration.

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    • round_circle@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The Ryzen 7840U and 7640U, by specification, support 2 USB 4 ports and 2 USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports. So it seems that’s just a limitation by the architecture.

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      • Dave@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Thanks. I’ve read a few articles about these frameworks but have never seen the reason for the limitation mentioned.

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• bob_wiley@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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  • wewbull@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    USB 3.2 gen 2 isn’t exactly slow. In fact, for USB use cases it’s USB 3.2 gen 2 that runs over the USB 4 ports. It’s just the USB 4 ports can do other protocols too, like thunderbolt, pcie and displayport.

    Seeing as most laptops I see might have 2xUSB-C ports total, I don’t see it as a drawback.

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