Does it use coreboot?
Pangolin – Mobile AMD laptop with Ryzen CPU and Radeon graphics
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#122Given that Display specs are not front-and-center, my guess it's a TFT panel. Combine that with 1080p resolution and this laptop is might (no GtG or refresh specs) be good for gaming but not any serious typing or designing.
Re: Pangolin – Mobile AMD laptop with Ryzen CPU and Radeon graphics
#123Nice price on the extras, fairly cheap upgrade parts such as cpu and memory.
Re: Pangolin – Mobile AMD laptop with Ryzen CPU and Radeon graphics
#124I'd love to replace my thinkpad. But I need/want things that seem unavailable. * trackpoint + buttons (can be without touchpad, disabled anyway) * full keyboard * strong durable * removable battery * 4k screen * ecc 64-128gb * rj45 * lots of ports * hardware switches to disable: networking, camera, mic,.. Thinkpad's are move farther away each year. I hope some company will fill the gap.
I'm on the same boat as you: my ideal laptop would be an x220/x230 on the outside with a 1440p display and a modern CPU on the inside. I can't understand why Thinkpads are moving away from this absolutely perfect design in the name of... slickness? Why are laptops with a minimal (or non-existing) touchpad so difficult to find? Once you start using the trackpoint your wrists feel incredibly relaxed at all times. Why d…
I think there is definitely space to at least offer some SKUs with all that, albeit at a high markup (kinda like the Mac Pro).
However I think that yes, most people (including me) prefer the new to the old. Eg.: I dislike full keyboards because it shifts my hands to a side and moves the mouse further away. I tried track points but I find touchpads superior. I don’t need an RJ45 because even if I wanted to use it, I’d much rather have it on a USB-C dongle with pass through power, so I only have one cable to disconnect when moving around. And call me crazy, even though I use a mechanical external keyboard most of the time, I actually like typing on the butterfly keyboard more than on other laptop keyboards I have and had.
Re: Pangolin – Mobile AMD laptop with Ryzen CPU and Radeon graphics
#125It doesn't look like there is a Thunderbolt port ( a 40 GBPS port ). I recall reading that it has something to do with it working on Intel only hardware. But whatever the case is, lack of Thunderbolt is unfortunately a deal breaker. I've moved on to unifying all my docks and power chords to only be Thunderbolt. It's unfortunate because the Ryzen chipsets are clearly getting to be superior from a price/performance poi…
It's complicated. Thunderbolt 1/2/3 were all open-ish, but required intel's chip. Which was alright at the time - AMD didn't have anything competitive in mid to high-end market anyway. Thunderbolt 3 later became royalty-free, but with mandatory certification by intel.
Around January 2020 vendors are able to make their own controllers and submit them for certification. AMD doesn't have any. Intel's controllers don't have an embedded version for sale.
Re: Pangolin – Mobile AMD laptop with Ryzen CPU and Radeon graphics
#126Earlier quoted context omitted.
With the quality of networks these days it may pay off to just have a single beefy desktop at work or home and a very simple desktop in the other location that you just use to remote in to the first. Keeps the environment consistent over time and even allows leaving long running computations running and picking them up later. Two remote stations and a headless server in a rack somewhere may even be better. No worries…
What remoting software do you recommend
Honestly, it depends on what you need, and what your platform is. Windows has its Remote Desktop, which works fine.
I’m on Linux, and use mosh as a more reliable ssh client.
Re: Pangolin – Mobile AMD laptop with Ryzen CPU and Radeon graphics
#127Given that Display specs are not front-and-center, my guess it's a TFT panel. Combine that with 1080p resolution and this laptop is might (no GtG or refresh specs) be good for gaming but not any serious typing or designing.
How serious is your typing?
Re: Pangolin – Mobile AMD laptop with Ryzen CPU and Radeon graphics
#128Given that Display specs are not front-and-center, my guess it's a TFT panel. Combine that with 1080p resolution and this laptop is might (no GtG or refresh specs) be good for gaming but not any serious typing or designing.
Sure it’s not DSTN?
Re: Pangolin – Mobile AMD laptop with Ryzen CPU and Radeon graphics
#129Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't like having my hands off-center. I assume I'm not alone there. Among other things, it causes amplified wrist pain.
You're not alone. Why anyone would prefer an off center keyboard only to gain a numpad I'll never know. Being left handed makes the numpad even dumber. It's placed on the wrong side of the keyboard.
I'm left-handed and I'll take a built-in numpad any day. I punch in enough long numbers day-to-day to really enjoy having it, even if it's on the "wrong" side of the keyboard (and so it is with virtually every other keyboard out there with a built-in numpad).
I also already normally type with my keyboard slightly off-center on my desktop, so an asymmetrical laptop keyboard ain't really all that big of a deal. Even if I didn't, and insisted on a perfectly-centered typing experience, having an off-center screen is something that I've yet to actually really notice.
Re: Pangolin – Mobile AMD laptop with Ryzen CPU and Radeon graphics
#130I'd love to replace my thinkpad. But I need/want things that seem unavailable. * trackpoint + buttons (can be without touchpad, disabled anyway) * full keyboard * strong durable * removable battery * 4k screen * ecc 64-128gb * rj45 * lots of ports * hardware switches to disable: networking, camera, mic,.. Thinkpad's are move farther away each year. I hope some company will fill the gap.
Sounds like you want something along the line of what Purism is offering. Not sure about ECC ram on a laptop. Haven't seen that one yet. https://puri.sm/products/librem-14/
Screen is only 1080p