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Re: Tuxedo Pulse Gen 3

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Post by lta »

dajonker wrote: post #27
lhl wrote: post #19

Pretty decent specs if you're OK w/ 32GB of (fast) soldered memory and don't need an ANSI keyboard (there is an EN-US ISO option). It's interesting to compare to the their Intel Infinity Book Pro Gen8 offering - that has a DDR5 SODIMMs, 99Wh battery, and is actually slightly lighter than the Pulse (also a brighter 400nit vs 300nit display), although you give up 1 M.2 SSD slot, it's 40% more expensive, and even with t…

No ANSI keyboard might be a deal breaker for my muscle memory and external keyboards (mechanical and MX keys that I had to import from the US because Logitech only sells ISO in the EU)

They announced that an ANSI keyboard option was planned, iirc the reddit post

Re: Tuxedo Pulse Gen 3

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Post by Diti »

Shame that an extra 30 EUR must be paid for French users to use the non-legacy AZERTY+ (NF Z71-300) keyboard layout. I believe the only one proposed is the old AZERTY layout.

Re: Tuxedo Pulse Gen 3

#103

Post by lproven »

FirmwareBurner wrote: post #80
justsomehnguy wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If "you" are so different species, I'm looking with horror to the day when you need to replace your car. Come on, button shape and placement (which is not that different , there is no round Caps Lock on Backspace) completely breaking the ability to work on the computer is the most retarded First World Problem.

>I'm looking with horror to the day when you need to replace your car Which car of yours did ever swap the positions and shapes of the 3 pedals or the steering wheel? Every (manual) car I ever drove had left pedal always clutch, middle one brake, and right one was the loud pedal and steering wheel was always in front of me and somewhat round shaped. So what's there to adapt to when changing cars? At least use some go…

> Which car of yours did ever swap the positions and shapes of the 3 pedals or the steering wheel?

Every time I go from the UK or Ireland to continental Europe. The entire set of controls are on the other side of the vehicle, and some are mirrored (e.g. gear shift on the left or the right) and some aren't (e.g. the layout of the pedals). So I adapt.

Every time I switch from a manual to an automatic or back.

Works for keyboards, too.

When I type on PCs, the leftmost or rightmost key is Ctrl, the one next to the spacebar is Windows/Super, and the one in between them as Alt.

When I type on a Mac keyboard, I use the one next to the spacebar as Alt, the leftmost/rightmost as Cmd, and the one in between as Ctrl.

The key switch feel tells me which I'm typing on.

Switching between US and ISO layouts is similar.

This is not that hard.

Re: Tuxedo Pulse Gen 3

#104

Post by alexeiz »

prmoustache wrote: post #66
Cu3PO42 wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because muscle memory breaks if the physical layout of the keys is different. The parent is used to ANSI and might hit enter where there's a different key on ISO. I am used to ISO and my layout uses that key as a modifier and is barely usable on ANSI, simply because moving my pinky to the key above enter is uncomfortable for me.

We are much more adaptive than that. Among all my computers keyboards at home I have 4 different shape of the enter key and among the 2 that have a similar ANSI shape they don't have nearly the same size. You'll always have your favorite physical layout but muscle memory can also adapt. The same way I don't ride my mountain bikes the same way I ride my road bikes I am naturally and unconsciously adapting to the diffe…

> We are much more adaptive than that.

Sure if I get this laptop for free I may adapt. But for $1500, thank you!

Re: Tuxedo Pulse Gen 3

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Post by alexeiz »

lta wrote: post #99
toastal wrote: post #98

IPS panel & only 100% sRGB? Linux laptops keeping the trend of mediocre displays. And to boot: no USB4, & unergonomic ISO key layout instead of an ANSI option

The ANSI keyboard option is planned for beginning of next year iirc

Tuxedo planned the ANSI keyboard for their other laptops such as InfinityBook too. Never happened. So I wouldn't hold my breath.

Re: Tuxedo Pulse Gen 3

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Post by xcv123 »

Darmody wrote: post #65
ekianjo wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> It is a literal drop in the bucket. That's a very first world comment

And in some first world countries that still means the 10% of your annual income.

A $2000 USD laptop would depreciate to nothing over five years so that is an expense of only $400 USD per year.

At a moderate $80k USD developer salary, the laptop costs only 0.5% of that. And this is the main tool you depend on to earn an income. For an underpaid junior developer earning $40k it's still only 1% of their income.

10% of an average developer salary is something like $8k per year. What laptop costs $8k per year? That's $40k after five years. Are you confusing a laptop with a new Mercedes or what?

Laptops are a business expense for a developer. This is how you need to think about it.

Re: Tuxedo Pulse Gen 3

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Post by xcv123 »

moooo99 wrote: post #39
ponector wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For many people in tech price of the new MacBook is greater than monthly net salary.

+ 1. to get a usable MBP spec (i.e. at least 1TB disk and 24GB RAM) you’re looking at a 2,689€ price tag here in Germany. Not an issue if it’s company provided, but outside, this is more than two months worth of rent and a substantial part of a post tax income of a software engineer in Germany.

The equivalent Dell Precision laptop is about the same price. A laptop lasts for several years so thats only a few hundred euros per year.

Re: Tuxedo Pulse Gen 3

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Post by sonicanatidae »

dajonker wrote: post #27
lhl wrote: post #19

Pretty decent specs if you're OK w/ 32GB of (fast) soldered memory and don't need an ANSI keyboard (there is an EN-US ISO option). It's interesting to compare to the their Intel Infinity Book Pro Gen8 offering - that has a DDR5 SODIMMs, 99Wh battery, and is actually slightly lighter than the Pulse (also a brighter 400nit vs 300nit display), although you give up 1 M.2 SSD slot, it's 40% more expensive, and even with t…

No ANSI keyboard might be a deal breaker for my muscle memory and external keyboards (mechanical and MX keys that I had to import from the US because Logitech only sells ISO in the EU)

There's nothing wrong with having a preference. In fact, keyboards and mice are one of the most common things where people have set preferences.

The thread will argue it, and they are welcome to, but you want what you want. :)

Re: Tuxedo Pulse Gen 3

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Post by Darmody »

xcv123 wrote: post #106
Darmody wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And in some first world countries that still means the 10% of your annual income.

A $2000 USD laptop would depreciate to nothing over five years so that is an expense of only $400 USD per year. At a moderate $80k USD developer salary, the laptop costs only 0.5% of that. And this is the main tool you depend on to earn an income. For an underpaid junior developer earning $40k it's still only 1% of their income. 10% of an average developer salary is something like $8k per year. What laptop costs $8k…

But the US is not the only first world country.

I live in one and my salary is a little less than 30k and I'm not a junior. My junior colleagues are at around 20k, so for them it's actually 10%.

Re: Tuxedo Pulse Gen 3

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Post by xcv123 »

Darmody wrote: post #109
xcv123 wrote: post #106

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A $2000 USD laptop would depreciate to nothing over five years so that is an expense of only $400 USD per year. At a moderate $80k USD developer salary, the laptop costs only 0.5% of that. And this is the main tool you depend on to earn an income. For an underpaid junior developer earning $40k it's still only 1% of their income. 10% of an average developer salary is something like $8k per year. What laptop costs $8k…

But the US is not the only first world country. I live in one and my salary is a little less than 30k and I'm not a junior. My junior colleagues are at around 20k, so for them it's actually 10%.

I never expected a first world country to pay that little. I live in New Zealand. Your colleagues are earning less than our minimum wage.

So apparently first world is not the same as "high income". In that case I would buy something from Taiwan.

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