| ▲ | loloquwowndueo 7 hours ago |
| I’d prefer a non-touchscreen. Touchscreen does add about 200g of weight. Is that likely to be an option? |
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| ▲ | nrp 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| This is an in-cell touchscreen and we didn't add cover glass. That means there is no weight impact to having it. |
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| ▲ | eichin 33 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | | And no brightness impact either, right? (I think that was in the LTT video.) We always ordered thinkpads without touchscreens, but it sounds like just leaving it off in software might actually be sufficient... | |
| ▲ | loloquwowndueo 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Awesome! Thanks! I’d still prefer a non-touchscreen (I have no use for it) but this is good to know. |
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| ▲ | daemonologist 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| The touchscreen is backward-compatible with the old/regular FW13, so I imagine the regular FW13 screen is forward-compatible with the Pro. (Of course, I don't know if they'll sell that configuration or if you'd have to cobble it together from the marketplace.) |
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| ▲ | petu 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| > Touchscreen does add about 200g of weight. 200g is weight of a smartphone, there's no way touch weighs that much. Framework 13 Pro screen seems to have plastic surface as before, not glass-laminated (which I guess could add 200g, but it's not a requirement for laptop touchscreen) |
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| ▲ | loloquwowndueo 6 hours ago | parent [-] | | I have two Dell xps 13, two generations apart, the newer one is touchscreen the other (older) isn’t. Guess which one weighs 1.3kg and which weighs 1.1kg. I’ve literally never used the touchscreen. | | |
| ▲ | tredre3 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | > two generations apart You're blaming the touchscreen for a lot here, when the explanation is likely a lot more pedestrian. Change in case molding, change in PCB size, slight change in battery size... | | | |
| ▲ | petu 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | If they're two generations apart, then 200g difference could be hiding anywhere, but touchscreen (I really doubt it adds even 20g). e.g. 30g in larger heatsinks, 80g in glass-laminated screen, 20g in larger battery, 40g in more stiffer chassis. 30g in aluminium top case instead of carbon fiber :) | |
| ▲ | agluszak 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | > two generations apart Maybe that's the reason, not the touchscreen? | | |
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| ▲ | einpoklum 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Exactly. Why would I touch my screen? My hands are on the keyboard, I'm not lifting them. |
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| ▲ | speedgoose 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Developing applications for touch devices is much nicer on a laptop with a touchscreen. | | | |
| ▲ | tapia 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Touchscreen is one of those things that sound nice, but in my experience are not so useful. At least not for my typical use (programming, writing, even CAD design). Before having a framework 13 I had a dell xps 13 with touchscreen for about ten years. I never really had a use for it. But hey, the rest of the specs of the screen alone make it still a nice upgrade possibility for the future :) |
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