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> - FW13 has no audio outputs, except as USB sound card >That was a conscious design decision, as you're supposed to use swappable expansion cards.

Also, unless something has changed or I am misinterpreting what they are saying, the fw13 does have an audio output that is not an expansion card.


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Tade004/03/2025

Indeed! I was not aware of that as I have the 16, which doesn't feature it.

Community forum posts from 2021 suggest they sort of forgot to include this information initially.

It so happens that the audio jack in my previous laptop started getting loose after four years, which was a first, as usually it was the USB ports which would go, so having it as an expansion card was a major selling point for me.

This really is a device for people who tend to break things despite relatively light usage. I for one damaged the screen in every single laptop that I had.

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