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What is it with the weird RAM configurations? It looks like they have 8GB embedded (soldered) to the motherboard. The choices for RAM configuration come down to 8GB, 2x8GB, 8GB + 16GB and 8GB + 32GB. That makes the second option the only dual channel configuration. Going past 2x8GB is not a real upgrade but more like a side-grade.
I'm wondering with the (permanent?) switch to work from home if laptop sales will go down. I've replaced both my personal and work laptops with System76 Meerkat mini PCs both running stock Unbuntu using Regolith for the desktop environment ( https://system76.com/desktops/meerkat ). They are stacked on top of each other on my desk and take up next to no space. I work from home (and have since 1999) and don't travel fo…
But a laptop still gives you the option to go work in a park or a café. Anything taxing can be done on a remote server anyway so raw power hardly matters. Personally I don't think I'll ever get a desktop setup.
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Its Saturday and I got some fighting words leftover from the week/s Using solved and wayland i. the same sentence is just not right ! Source: nvidia+intel laptop owner. Wayland+Nvidia: Having it work sometimes under some conditions are not the same as solved. X11 is not flawless either but i feel it works more times under more conditions. Ok rant over, sorry for sounding like a d*k :)
Nvidia is the issue. Maybe another year and they'll keep improving their driver.
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I have bad eyes but apparently not as bad as yours. Let's go ask a blind man if they prefer 1080p or 4K, that'll settle it. If you don't see the difference, it doesn't mean there's none.
Huh !? No one said 'the difference is not there'. I said the difference is not meaningful enough (for me and many other ppl, if i read the comments) and that stating that 1080p 'is simply a none starter' and it 'cannot' render text 'correctly' it not true. It can render it more correctly yes. To be really annoying even 8k wont render text 100% correctly since if there is a circle like section example 'p' or 'b' no pi…
While higher resolutions look nicer, they provide no real value for a console. I've had 4x xterms on my desktop for 30+ years.
There is zero "extra space" with higher dpi. None.
One sad downside of things looking nicer, is the battery cost.
UHD vs HD means 4x the pixels, and a GPU rendering all those pixels. If you want a 14hr battery, and light weight, you won't be getting it with a UHD screen in 2022.
I'm wondering with the (permanent?) switch to work from home if laptop sales will go down. I've replaced both my personal and work laptops with System76 Meerkat mini PCs both running stock Unbuntu using Regolith for the desktop environment ( https://system76.com/desktops/meerkat ). They are stacked on top of each other on my desk and take up next to no space. I work from home (and have since 1999) and don't travel fo…
(Using classic desktop Linux machines at work and at home)
Non-hiDPI display in 2022 is a non-starter. There’s simply not enough pixels to display text correctly with full hd.
Isn't that laptop produced by another company and just rebranded by system76?
Apple's 20-hours claims are actually real. I wonder how real these are. My experience with Linux has seen claims like this melt down to 2-3 hours in normal use .
I use a lemp10, the previous model with 11th gen i7. 15 hours of use are definitely possible in light use (low but sufficient screen brightness, disabling turbo boost), i.e. browsing, some video watching, text editing. Even running docker and compiling doesn’t hurt much. The battery life is so good that I maxed the charging level at 85% to increase the longevity of the battery. I can still work a full day off a singl…
The biggest killer of my laptop's battery life is the dedicated GPU. The second that thing turns on (for example, when I attach an HDMI cable) I can feel the entire laptop heating up. Granted, this laptop is sold as a mobile workstation for about half the price of a Macbook Pro, so it's not really designed for battery life, but it's still quite annoying sometimes.
My previous laptop couldn't get more than two hours out of a charge, it's crazy how much more you can get even out of cheap laptops these days.