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StarBook 7 14" Linux Laptop with Intel Core Ultra 7, 4K, Up to 96GB 5.6GHz RAM

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Re: StarBook 7 14" Linux Laptop with Intel Core Ultra 7, 4K, Up to 96GB 5.6GHz RAM

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Post by bdowling »

DanHulton wrote: post #6

How does everyone continue to get the keyboard wrong on these? If the left and right arrows are full-size I know it's going to be miserable to use. Probably worse than miserable, because clearly nobody who ever uses the keyboard a serious amount has actually sat down and used it, or the arrow situation would have been fixed _immediately._ Who knows what else is terrible about the keyboard, given that it was pretty ob…

If they can't get the basics right, who knows what horrors lurk under the hood.

Re: StarBook 7 14" Linux Laptop with Intel Core Ultra 7, 4K, Up to 96GB 5.6GHz RAM

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Post by stefan_ »

What do people use 96GB RAM for? It seems these days I'm happy with cookie-cutter 32 GB and longing for more VRAM that is impossible to get.

(And why on earth is there a dedicated USB 2.0 port? To trick people into plugging in a USB 3 device and getting terrible performance?)

Re: StarBook 7 14" Linux Laptop with Intel Core Ultra 7, 4K, Up to 96GB 5.6GHz RAM

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Post by arp242 »

DanHulton wrote: post #6

How does everyone continue to get the keyboard wrong on these? If the left and right arrows are full-size I know it's going to be miserable to use. Probably worse than miserable, because clearly nobody who ever uses the keyboard a serious amount has actually sat down and used it, or the arrow situation would have been fixed _immediately._ Who knows what else is terrible about the keyboard, given that it was pretty ob…

There seems to be this obsession to make keyboards perfectly rectangular; never quite understood this.

That said, although I agree it's not ideal, I've generally had little difficulty adjusting to these types of weird arrow key shapes, or things like odd locations for home, end, etc.

What always bothers me is the lack of gaps on the function keys. F8 and F9 turn the brightness up and down. How are you supposed to use those on touch? You can't really, not without those gaps to guide you. Sounds like a little thing, but it's always been a pain on every laptop I've had that didn't have those gaps. This, and the physical trackpad buttons, are a big part of why I generally use ThinkPads whenever I have the chance.

Re: StarBook 7 14" Linux Laptop with Intel Core Ultra 7, 4K, Up to 96GB 5.6GHz RAM

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Post by userx8432152aa »

tomtheelder wrote: post #8
DanHulton wrote: post #6

How does everyone continue to get the keyboard wrong on these? If the left and right arrows are full-size I know it's going to be miserable to use. Probably worse than miserable, because clearly nobody who ever uses the keyboard a serious amount has actually sat down and used it, or the arrow situation would have been fixed _immediately._ Who knows what else is terrible about the keyboard, given that it was pretty ob…

I have a keyboard that has this exact arrow key layout and… idk it’s fine? I think within a day I was completely used to it. I’m actually kind of confused what the complaint is with full height left/right. That it’s harder to locate them by touch?

I'm also confused but very interested based on this being a big enough deal to be a deal breaker. Maybe he wants them smaller ?

I think the up/down not being full size is a bigger deal but even that is not a deal breaker

Re: StarBook 7 14" Linux Laptop with Intel Core Ultra 7, 4K, Up to 96GB 5.6GHz RAM

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Post by poikroequ »

DanHulton wrote: post #6

How does everyone continue to get the keyboard wrong on these? If the left and right arrows are full-size I know it's going to be miserable to use. Probably worse than miserable, because clearly nobody who ever uses the keyboard a serious amount has actually sat down and used it, or the arrow situation would have been fixed _immediately._ Who knows what else is terrible about the keyboard, given that it was pretty ob…

To you, perhaps. I've used laptop keyboards with similar full height left/right arrows and adapted to it pretty quick. I certainly didn't find it miserable.

Re: StarBook 7 14" Linux Laptop with Intel Core Ultra 7, 4K, Up to 96GB 5.6GHz RAM

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Post by arp242 »

stefan_ wrote: post #12

What do people use 96GB RAM for? It seems these days I'm happy with cookie-cutter 32 GB and longing for more VRAM that is impossible to get. (And why on earth is there a dedicated USB 2.0 port? To trick people into plugging in a USB 3 device and getting terrible performance?)

For a regular dev laptop? I'd probably put some of ~/.cache on /tmp/cache. It's fine to clear on reboot, and putting it in memory should be a bit faster.

My ~/.cache/go is 6.2G, but it was about 25G when I cleared it out last week.

Of course you don't need* it, but that's what I'd do with 96G of RAM. My current laptop has 8G and I manage fine with that.

Re: StarBook 7 14" Linux Laptop with Intel Core Ultra 7, 4K, Up to 96GB 5.6GHz RAM

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Post by [deleted] »

userx8432152aa wrote: post #10
DanHulton wrote: post #6

How does everyone continue to get the keyboard wrong on these? If the left and right arrows are full-size I know it's going to be miserable to use. Probably worse than miserable, because clearly nobody who ever uses the keyboard a serious amount has actually sat down and used it, or the arrow situation would have been fixed _immediately._ Who knows what else is terrible about the keyboard, given that it was pretty ob…

What's the right design in your opinion ? super curious as I'm trying to figure out based on your comment. I have never even thought about this and I bet if it is the wrong design, it continues to be repeated for the same reason. I guess I'm honestly wondering, who cares ? (not dismissive, what type of person/work and what design!?) fwiw I'm an eng and a big gamer so I'm constantly using keyboards and I can't remembe…

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Re: StarBook 7 14" Linux Laptop with Intel Core Ultra 7, 4K, Up to 96GB 5.6GHz RAM

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Post by chromakode »

DanHulton wrote: post #6

How does everyone continue to get the keyboard wrong on these? If the left and right arrows are full-size I know it's going to be miserable to use. Probably worse than miserable, because clearly nobody who ever uses the keyboard a serious amount has actually sat down and used it, or the arrow situation would have been fixed _immediately._ Who knows what else is terrible about the keyboard, given that it was pretty ob…

For any serious work I'm using hjkl.

Re: StarBook 7 14" Linux Laptop with Intel Core Ultra 7, 4K, Up to 96GB 5.6GHz RAM

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Post by from-nibly »

DanHulton wrote: post #6

How does everyone continue to get the keyboard wrong on these? If the left and right arrows are full-size I know it's going to be miserable to use. Probably worse than miserable, because clearly nobody who ever uses the keyboard a serious amount has actually sat down and used it, or the arrow situation would have been fixed _immediately._ Who knows what else is terrible about the keyboard, given that it was pretty ob…

hjkl :P
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