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Re: System76 AMD-Only Laptop Returns

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Post by msla »

tssva wrote: post #133

Last time there was a System76 laptop announcement on HN I said I was going to be in the market for a new laptop in the coming year but wouldn't consider a System76 laptop because of the giant logo on the lid. Some people said the logos on their System76 laptops were stickers which could be removed. I contacted System76 and was told that was no longer the case. If anyone from System76 is here, I am currently looking…

On my Darter Pro 8 (recentish, not top-of-the-line) laptop, the branding on the lid isn't one sticker, it's a sticker per character, which I could likely remove and leave smooth black metal.

This Reddit thread seems to agree with me that the stickers can be removed, albeit about a different model:

https://old.reddit.com/r/System76/comments/ge0mqz/lemur_pro_...

Looks like it has the same kind of lettering as mine, though.

Re: System76 AMD-Only Laptop Returns

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Post by [deleted] »

linhns wrote: post #130
Mikeb85 wrote: post #125

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I mean, I like Linux and am a bit of an ideologue... I want System76 to succeed and want to buy a laptop from them but I also like using nice hardware.

I think you get what you pay for. Nicer hardware = more expensive. Maybe if this is successful the System76 will consider fast-tracking Ryzen 7000.

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Re: System76 AMD-Only Laptop Returns

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Post by inetknght »

mixmastamyk wrote: post #118
renewiltord wrote: post #11

Been a Linux user for 20+ years. Pretty sick that we have companies like this selling Linux laptops with Coreboot. Man, that was a wild dream back in the day. I'm using a Macbook personally, but this stuff is so sick. To be honest, I never really imagined the future as using Windows + Linux + MacOS without thinking that much about the platform, but about the only thing that sticks out to me is that the command line o…

You need a better adjective and to try Windows Terminal with a modern shell shipped this millennium. ;-) I like yori when in a DOS mood.

> You need ... to try Windows

Hard no from many people including myself. It will be a cold day in hell before I give Microsoft any more of my money or personal information after the abuses they've done to me, my information, and my purchases.

Re: System76 AMD-Only Laptop Returns

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Post by ysleepy »

lhl wrote: post #117

This might be the first Ryzen 6800U Linux laptop, which is cool, but it's a bit hard for me to get too excited about it... * One of the biggest selling points of Ryzen 6000 is the chip's USB4 support, but looks like the Pangolin won't have it. It also only has 1 USB-C port, which is a bit of a headscratcher in 2023. Does it support PD even? (Not mentioned) * 16:9 FHD display (no brightness specified) - high refresh i…

There is already the ThinkPad P14s G3 AMD with the 6850U PRO.

I have the G2 with the 5850U and it performs very well.

Re: System76 AMD-Only Laptop Returns

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Post by kccqzy »

_odey wrote: post #134

OK, let's look and analyse what they have in detail: Operating System: Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS or Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Do they offer any custom software that are only available on these distributions and would be a struggle to find on other? Sone other Clevo resellers have for example custom software to control the fan intensity that's Ubuntu only (and Ubuntu 20.04 only). It's not clear why they restrict it to only these distr…

To respond to your first part about operating system: I bought a computer with Pop!_OS but I promptly reformatted the disk and installed openSUSE on it. No issues at all. I did notice that in their preinstalled OS they did some customizations (enabling GNOME fractional scaling for example) but nothing that's not available in other distros. They have a nice Pop!_OS shell that's friendly to those new to tiling window managers, but that's also something you can install on other distros. I have previously mentioned on HN how I like that shell: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33295421

Re: System76 AMD-Only Laptop Returns

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Post by RosanaAnaDana »

Finnucane wrote: post #74

I am surprised to see that their chosen configuration does not please everyone's contradictory expectations and desires.

All I want is a commitment from the company to provide a couple of qol firmware updates. System 76 has burned me in the past in this regard.

Re: System76 AMD-Only Laptop Returns

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Post by karmakaze »

RodGodKiller wrote: post #137
haunter wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not OP but I guess 4:3 or 3:2. Some people prefer those to widescreens, having more vertical space is better MS Surface Books are 3:2 for example (2256 x 1504 on 13,5" / 2496 x 1664 on 15"), or some Thinkpad X1 models are 4:3 (probably just the Fold?). The Framework laptop is also 3:2 (2256 x 1504 on 13,5")

He probably meant 16:10.

Yes, I meant 16:10, though 3:2 is also good. 4:3 is really only for tablets or < 12" screens.

Re: System76 AMD-Only Laptop Returns

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Post by mixmastamyk »

inetknght wrote: post #143
mixmastamyk wrote: post #118

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You need a better adjective and to try Windows Terminal with a modern shell shipped this millennium. ;-) I like yori when in a DOS mood.

> You need ... to try Windows Hard no from many people including myself. It will be a cold day in hell before I give Microsoft any more of my money or personal information after the abuses they've done to me, my information, and my purchases.

Preachin' to the choir buddy. Suggestion was for the grandparent post who wanted a better shell for windows.

Re: System76 AMD-Only Laptop Returns

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Post by Mikeb85 »

linhns wrote: post #130
Mikeb85 wrote: post #125

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I mean, I like Linux and am a bit of an ideologue... I want System76 to succeed and want to buy a laptop from them but I also like using nice hardware.

I think you get what you pay for. Nicer hardware = more expensive. Maybe if this is successful the System76 will consider fast-tracking Ryzen 7000.

Except System76 charges premium prices for subpar hardware...

Like they don't have anything built as nicely as a Dell XPS or a ThinkPad Z or X1 Carbon. Even Acers look more premium...

Re: System76 AMD-Only Laptop Returns

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Post by okasaki »

StillBored wrote: post #140
karmakaze wrote: post #34

The first thing I see is a 16x9 screen, think "pass", and close the page. There have to be other LCD panel makers out there. Either their customers don't care and/or the company doesn't care to make a better laptop.

Yah I don't get why these laptop manufactures keep shipping garbage screens. I got a 3:2 2160 x 1440, IPS screen on a $200 tablet a few months ago. My laptop has a 16:9 that looks worse, and has lower resolution despite the machine costing 6x as much. So, please, its hard to call your product "premium" if its screen is worse than a bottom of the barrel tablet.

That sounds nice. What tablet is that? It's pretty sad that tablets seem to be elongating like phones did. Most of them are 16:10 these days.
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