System76 is moving product design and manufacturing in house
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System76 is moving product design and manufacturing in house
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#2Ya you guys! Looking forward to some custom designs. Do a thinkpad x200 style (no pop down ethernet port) and you will have my money.
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#3Don't be shy to look at what Apple is doing. They got it right! I would be happy to pay premium for an excellent build quality linux laptop.
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#4Ya you guys! Looking forward to some custom designs. Do a thinkpad x200 style (no pop down ethernet port) and you will have my money.
They're doing desktops first but I do have to agree here. My daily is a x220 and I'm a big fan of the industrial yet slick feel of the machine.
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#5Ya you guys! Looking forward to some custom designs. Do a thinkpad x200 style (no pop down ethernet port) and you will have my money.
They're doing desktops first but I do have to agree here. My daily is a x220 and I'm a big fan of the industrial yet slick feel of the machine.
> X220
And the keyboard, as well.
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#6The problem with this is that you either do something like what Apple does (and receive the hate for it) or then you do "what people want" and get this https://twitter.com/JonyIveParody/status/850350499840888833
AFAIK this whole System 76 blew up because of the disappointment in the newest Macbook Pro. People say they'd wanted bigger battery and more connectors -- however, I'm a bit skeptical if those would be enough to choose a much heavier, uglier and bulkier model when actually buying a laptop.
The way laptops are built, I'm not sure a 10-20% increase in battery size would mean only a small change in the size of the laptop (everything fits pretty tight in there...).
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#7Looked at the specs for the Galago Pro. Would be nice to see more details. What's the panel type for the screen?
What is the battery capacity and the estimated battery life?
What kind of wifi is inside? Is it 802.11ac, 3x3 MIMO? What ports does it have for storage, is it 2.5" sata, m.2 or both?
Edit: When customizing the machine I can see that it has m.2 and 2.5" sata. The wifi is 802.11ac 2x2 or 3x3.
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#8Ya you guys! Looking forward to some custom designs. Do a thinkpad x200 style (no pop down ethernet port) and you will have my money.
Optional Trackpad too, I like my X201's cleanliness without one.
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#9I wish System 76 the best of luck, and it appears as they're now the main developer/sponsor of RedoxOS, which really excites me, but for some reason this blog post reads to me to have a healthy dose of naivety to it. It seems like they want to have their cake and eat it too. They talk about "robots and automation!" but do they actually know how to run a modern factory? Can the demand for desktop Linux systems actually support what they want to build? This is going to take a huge amount of scaling and hiring, and I hope this means that they're taking in significant VC funding.
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#10It's nice to see this - I'm definitely interested in seeing computers built and designed for Linux.
I must say, however, I don't see that need for desktops. Custom desktops are relatively easy to build, even for customers.
A well designed linux laptop, with no driver issues, good build quality, that doesn't sacrifice performance for thinness? That's what I'm missing.