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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 mardifoufs »

wtallis wrote: post #107
chx wrote: post #54

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> Am I missing something? Yeah. The company is three people with practically no money at hand. I can't imagine this being real. Check "full accounts made up to 28 February 2022" https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/c... with cash at hand being just 13,887 pounds. How on earth are you making a laptop from that? Framework started with a nine million seed round and had the former head of hardware a…

From https://us.starlabs.systems/pages/about-us > In 2017, we started using Clevo as a supplier. The result was; the Star Lite Mk I, the Star LabTop Mk II and the Star LabTop Pro Mk I. There were a vast array of options to chose from in these laptops, from wireless to memory to pre-installed distribution. You may be familiar with Clevo as they have a lot of resellers across the world. It was a step in the right direc…

Wait so they design it in house? That's pretty amazing considering their small size, especially compared to system76.

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

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Post by Brian_K_White »

slaw wrote: post #18
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…

Memory is soldered. Their other laptop has upgradable memory.

Lpddr5 can't be made on a dimm.

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

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Post by belter »

azangru wrote: post #10
NovemberWhiskey wrote: post #5

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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.

> Have they actually made one yet? Exactly. No real laptops so far; no videos with honest in-depth reviews; no information on the dirability of these machines. If something is too good to be true, it likely is.

If you are talking about YouTube reviews. Please tell me where you find in-depth honest reviews.

Because every channel I have seen on anything...Is claiming independent reviews, while getting product test samples loaned for 1 or 2 years. Engaging on a direct contact with the marketing departments of the vendors, and working under the certainty that if they ever do a thoughtful and true review with a bad rating, the vendor wont send any more samples.

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

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Post by anotherelise »

aetherspawn wrote: post #85
yjftsjthsd-h wrote: post #70

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> 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 business meeting with an obviously random and non-corporate laptop (oh that looks like some random cheap overseas brand, uhh ok, are you sure you can afford us)? So your proposed solution is to... remove all branding? How…

I think that building custom no-brand desktops is a pretty acceptable cost cutting measure taken by some companies, so you could pitch it something like “we’re working with a company to build custom laptops exactly for what we need”, or if someone asks about it you can explain it ala “yes, we couldn’t get exactly what we needed so we build a completely custom fleet of laptops”. Or ideal scenario, with a brand delete…

So you’d rather lie to them than to have a laptop from a company they may not know about?

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

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Post by openplatypus »

Brian_K_White wrote: post #190
TylerE wrote: post #166

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Do we really think the build quality of these is even in the same state, much less the same ballpark, as a MBP?

Do we really still think Apple products are the gold standard in hardware?

Apple people think that. They rarely leave their walled garden.

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

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Post by dontlaugh »

lucb1e wrote: post #53

Does anyone here run any of these OSes on any of the offered screen densities and resolutions? I have questions. - Surely not every old program available from the repositories will work with display scaling, will they? I've never had to use it, maybe Xorg has some hack to scale certain windows at 2x so you don't need support from individual packages. I'm also thinking of things like Burp Suite, which have window-like…

With imperfect eye sight, I find it much easier to read text with higher DPI. For me 11-12” is the limit for 1080p. At 16” I’d want at least 1440p. Even 4K starts getting blocky above 24” or so, 27” is barely ok.
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