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System76 Lemur Pro Linux laptop with 14 hours of battery life

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Re: System76 Lemur Pro Linux laptop with 14 hours of battery life

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It says 14 hour battery life but how can anyone tell about future longevity? I usually find any other laptop than a macbook has poor long term life. For example I have my macbook (this isn't a pro Apple post but they have damn good battery life and power efficiency) that lasts 10 or more hours after 3-4 years and then a Dell precision 5540 that lasts 10 minutes after 1 year. These aren't exact figures but you get the…

My 3-4 year old Macbooks definitely don't last anywhere near their original battery life, and I've had plenty of MacBook batteries fail in the way of turning off under 50% battery when under heavy load. Not to mention swelling up.

actually speaking of apple... bc I didn't really want to get into this whole debate.. but at this price point why wouldn't you just buy a macbook air m2.

Re: System76 Lemur Pro Linux laptop with 14 hours of battery life

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post #88

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.

Surprised by this. I’m deciding between System76 and Framework, and Framework is fully upgradable.

Re: System76 Lemur Pro Linux laptop with 14 hours of battery life

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post #106

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

The whole argument is silly. People coded on 21" CRT and LCD monitors at 640×480 even, and yes ... they still live! 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 pi…

yup !

Re: System76 Lemur Pro Linux laptop with 14 hours of battery life

#124

It says 14 hour battery life but how can anyone tell about future longevity? I usually find any other laptop than a macbook has poor long term life. For example I have my macbook (this isn't a pro Apple post but they have damn good battery life and power efficiency) that lasts 10 or more hours after 3-4 years and then a Dell precision 5540 that lasts 10 minutes after 1 year. These aren't exact figures but you get the…

Dell are horrid, everything about their laptops is disappointing. Everything about the way they refuse to stand behind their appalling quality is culpable. I will never buy a Dell laptop again.

Replaced my precision with a second-hand thinkpad t480s. 3 years old. Haven't replaced the battery it arrived with. Recent popular distro. I get 10 hours of battery life doing programming. Webbrowser open with 20+ tabs, multiple terminals, signal, rhythmbox.

Cost USD$410. Tough to beat that at any price. Maybe a new one with an AMD under the hood? I can get 3+ of these for the same money and is it really actually better? Dell was more money and a lot worse, you see a lot of people with that experience around here.

Re: System76 Lemur Pro Linux laptop with 14 hours of battery life

#125

It says 14 hour battery life but how can anyone tell about future longevity? I usually find any other laptop than a macbook has poor long term life. For example I have my macbook (this isn't a pro Apple post but they have damn good battery life and power efficiency) that lasts 10 or more hours after 3-4 years and then a Dell precision 5540 that lasts 10 minutes after 1 year. These aren't exact figures but you get the…

To be fair, it'll probably be a lot easier to replace the battery on that dell (and the system76, I imagine?) than on the Macbook. That evens things out even if the battery doesn't last.

Re: System76 Lemur Pro Linux laptop with 14 hours of battery life

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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.

I don't see the appeal of working in a café. It's like a noisy office, except you need to keep paying for your coffee. Might as well commute to the office where the coffee is part of the deal in my opinion.

The difference (for me) with a cafe is that it enables body doubling[0] without the threat of interruption.

So, for me, with my ADHD addled brain, I can be quite productive.

[0]: https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2022/06/01/virtual-b...

Re: System76 Lemur Pro Linux laptop with 14 hours of battery life

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I don't see the appeal of working in a café. It's like a noisy office, except you need to keep paying for your coffee. Might as well commute to the office where the coffee is part of the deal in my opinion.

If you only consider noisy cafés with bad drinks and loud people, sure, better not go there. Bit some cafés are very quiet, have delicious drinks and food, good music and are (IMO) perfect for some light to mild-focused tasks.

How the hell are people able to work on a laptop for a long time? Laptops are incredibly non-ergonomic, you are bound to develop neck or back pain.

Re: System76 Lemur Pro Linux laptop with 14 hours of battery life

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post #97

Non-hiDPI display in 2022 is a non-starter. There’s simply not enough pixels to display text correctly with full hd.

Probably 'correctly' is not the right word here. I often code for 12+ hours straight and the only way to keep up with such a stress on eyes is to use bigger fonts and not focus too much on text (i.e. engage in a slightly defocused vision). Which means I never use small fonts, though I see a lot of people who code on 13-15 inch screens with super tiny fonts. Naturally, once you have to use large fonts you end up using…

You should take breaks.

Re: System76 Lemur Pro Linux laptop with 14 hours of battery life

#129

It says 14 hour battery life but how can anyone tell about future longevity? I usually find any other laptop than a macbook has poor long term life. For example I have my macbook (this isn't a pro Apple post but they have damn good battery life and power efficiency) that lasts 10 or more hours after 3-4 years and then a Dell precision 5540 that lasts 10 minutes after 1 year. These aren't exact figures but you get the…

To be fair, it'll probably be a lot easier to replace the battery on that dell (and the system76, I imagine?) than on the Macbook. That evens things out even if the battery doesn't last.

Yeah sure that's a good point for someone who wants to keep doing IT support on their laptop and replacing batteries and other failing parts

Re: System76 Lemur Pro Linux laptop with 14 hours of battery life

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One design choice I love here is having the track pad centered on home row, instead of centered on the laptop body. Lenovo has the same orientation. I recently had to switch back to a body centered track pad for work and now I'm aware of the contortions my right hand has to perform in order to type while also resting on the laptop. It slows me down and increases typos. For anyone who types with all 10 fingers, a home row centered track pad is the only serious option.
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