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StarFighter 16 inch: 4K Coreboot/Ryzen Linux laptop

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Re: StarFighter 16 inch: 4K Coreboot/Ryzen Linux laptop

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Post by noobermin »

adgjlsfhk1 wrote: post #16
hedora wrote: post #2

This Linux laptop looks too good to be true. It's available with an AMD or Intel processor, there aren't any strange ergonomic decisions (other than the stow-able web-cam). In particular, they centered they trackpad + keyboard, and it looks like it has decent thermals. The battery is rated for 18 hours. You can choose between a medium resolution, high frame rate display (UHD @ 165Hz) or a 4K 60Hz display. The screen…

Soldered ram is pretty unfortunate. They're also charging a ton for storage upgrades (e.g. $300 vs market rate of ~$80 for 1TB pcie 4.0 ssd).

It might have to do with cost, although I'm not sure.

Re: StarFighter 16 inch: 4K Coreboot/Ryzen Linux laptop

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Post by cheald »

colordrops wrote: post #35
wyldfire wrote: post #6

Good luck defending against Xur and the Kodan armada without 128GB of RAM. Sounds like Centauri sold you on another one of his Excalibur tricks.

Can you explain, I don't understand your comment at all.

It's a reference to an 80s movie called "The Last Starfighter" - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087597/

Re: StarFighter 16 inch: 4K Coreboot/Ryzen Linux laptop

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Post by noobermin »

aetherspawn wrote: post #34

Honestly as a business customer I can’t justify buying this unless there is an option to unbrand it. (Actually if you had a unbranding option we could sticker it with our own company logo and that could be pretty cool) Can you imagine the backlash if there’s some IT issue and someone realises that it’s not a Dell or Lenovo (why didn’t you just buy from big 2?), or how embarrassing it might be to go to a profile busin…

What a strange set of considerations so bizarre they apply to like no one but you. Good thing that is the case and this logic applies to a dwindling number of professionals. I understand how people can judge on such minor things but on that front, might as well not hire any black people or women on your team lest you heighten your customers' subconcious biases.

edit: also, would a linux laptop work for you? Wouldn't you need office or such?

Re: StarFighter 16 inch: 4K Coreboot/Ryzen Linux laptop

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Post by wyldfire »

b0afc375b5 wrote: post #27
japanman425 wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is this a chatgpt response. What do these words even mean

I was confused as well. I looked it up and apparently it's a reference to The Last Starfighter movie.

Don't trust the posts above! These were written by spies from Rylos! Once we smash the Frontier we will be able to rid ourselves of the Star League!

Re: StarFighter 16 inch: 4K Coreboot/Ryzen Linux laptop

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Post by ActorNightly »

NovemberWhiskey wrote: post #5
hedora wrote: post #2

This Linux laptop looks too good to be true. It's available with an AMD or Intel processor, there aren't any strange ergonomic decisions (other than the stow-able web-cam). In particular, they centered they trackpad + keyboard, and it looks like it has decent thermals. The battery is rated for 18 hours. You can choose between a medium resolution, high frame rate display (UHD @ 165Hz) or a 4K 60Hz display. The screen…

Have they actually made one yet? The pictures on the site all look like renders; and I couldn't find any pictures of an actual prototype anywhere.

You can buy the Starbook, and there are reviews on youtube.

Re: StarFighter 16 inch: 4K Coreboot/Ryzen Linux laptop

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Post by OptionX »

Back in the old DDR4 people used to say extremely high frequency ram (lets says above 3600MHz), that normally was O.C'd, would make your system unstable.

Any one knows if it still happens in these DDR5 days?

I'm asking because 6400MHz seems ludicrously high for a guy like me that just last week got some good old 2400MHz sticks for my home server and I'm wondering if it isn't marketing just to show high numbers.

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