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StarFighter 16-Inch

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Re: StarFighter 16-Inch

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Post by vb-8448 »

ulrikrasmussen wrote: post #106

I have been using this for about a month and I love it. The screen looks great, the keyboard is great, the trackpad is great (I have been using Lenovos for ~20 years and though I couldn't live without the trackpoint). The battery life is more than enough for my usage during my daily commute and way better than the mere 1.5 hours I could squeeze out of my old Thinkpad P1. I genuinely don't think there is anything I wo…

How does it compare to a MacBook Pro? (if you ever used one)

I'm looking get rid of my MacBook Pro, and I'd like to switch to a Linux laptop, but I'm really worried about battery and trackpad.

Re: StarFighter 16-Inch

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Post by postepowanieadm »

retired wrote: post #119

I’m unable to order this laptop without a charging brick which is now illegal in the EU. Same goes for the standard one year warranty. Should be two at minimum. I had my country configured to Belgium while testing this.

It's not warranty, it's Gewährleistung.

Re: StarFighter 16-Inch

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Post by dgellow »

walthamstow wrote: post #157
klez wrote: post #151

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm curious: why is hacker news non-GDPR-compliant?

You can't delete your account by self-service, you have to email dang, which is probably non-compliance because it adds friction. It's a grey area, it'd have to be tested in court. I highly doubt anyone will bring a case though. That's like calling the police on your own drug dealer. (IANAL)

I don’t see how that has anything to do with GDPR. An email is a perfectly fine way to initiate the process. It’s not a gray area

Re: StarFighter 16-Inch

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Post by KaiserPro »

walthamstow wrote: post #157
klez wrote: post #151

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm curious: why is hacker news non-GDPR-compliant?

You can't delete your account by self-service, you have to email dang, which is probably non-compliance because it adds friction. It's a grey area, it'd have to be tested in court. I highly doubt anyone will bring a case though. That's like calling the police on your own drug dealer. (IANAL)

> which is probably non-compliance because it adds friction.

You're gonna have to point to part of the regulation where thats not allowed. there is a mechanism for deletion. so long as its done within 30 days its still within spec

Re: StarFighter 16-Inch

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Post by retired »

IshKebab wrote: post #160
retired wrote: post #146

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The easiest option to implement would be to have separate SKUs for the charger and the laptop. And not three SKUs: laptop with charger, laptop without charger, separate charger. If you ship to multiple countries you can reduce the SKUs even more as the laptop SKU isn’t country specific anymore. Offering a version without the charger for the same price would not reduce ewaste which is the point.

The laptop SKU probably would be country specific due to keyboard layouts though.

Forgot about that one! And EU devices need an engraved trash-can (WEEE symbol)

https://europa.eu/youreurope/business/product-requirements/l...

Re: StarFighter 16-Inch

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Post by echoangle »

nottorp wrote: post #170
yreg wrote: post #165

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They are mandated to provide 2-year legal guarantee under EU consumer protection law when they target EU consumers -> i.e. operate an eshop that ships to EU and sells in local currencies. Regardless of where they are located.

And those EU consumer protection laws apply outside the EU? I know that USers think their laws apply everywhere, but that's just a myth.

In the opinion of the EU, they do as long as the customer is in the EU.

Everything else is just enforcement.

Re: StarFighter 16-Inch

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Post by foldr »

nottorp wrote: post #170
yreg wrote: post #165

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They are mandated to provide 2-year legal guarantee under EU consumer protection law when they target EU consumers -> i.e. operate an eshop that ships to EU and sells in local currencies. Regardless of where they are located.

And those EU consumer protection laws apply outside the EU? I know that USers think their laws apply everywhere, but that's just a myth.

They apply to products that a company ships to the EU, yes. As another poster points out, these could (in principle at least) be seized at customs if they are noncompliant.

Re: StarFighter 16-Inch

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Post by danparsonson »

pcblues wrote: post #161
InsideOutSanta wrote: post #141

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I just ordered my Framework without any memory or storage, hoping that by the time it arrives, I'll be able to pick up some RAM and an SSD for a more reasonable price. If not, I'll just grab something from a drawer and use it underspecced until prices normalize.

Sensible thought. I very much hope there is a glut of one-three year old ram and GPUs on the market in about one year when the AI market "cools" and the ear-marked components return to the market. The banks that lent the AI industry the money are already trying to sell their debt.

Unfortunately most of it will likely be HBM and datacenter GPUs and therefore useless for consumers.

Re: StarFighter 16-Inch

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Post by morserer »

InsideOutSanta wrote: post #141
simonjgreen wrote: post #97

What an unfortunate time for these niche hardware companies to be launching new hardware. Framework, StarLabs, System76, (I wonder if Tuxedo will release something). The RAM prices must be killing them. Even if they increase prices to accommodate, I know quite a lot of folks who are simply punting any purchasing until things calm down.

I just ordered my Framework without any memory or storage, hoping that by the time it arrives, I'll be able to pick up some RAM and an SSD for a more reasonable price. If not, I'll just grab something from a drawer and use it underspecced until prices normalize.

Smart move!

You have lpcamm2 just sitting around in a drawer? Or did you get last-gen?

Re: StarFighter 16-Inch

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Post by lpcvoid »

sam_lowry_ wrote: post #138
theMMaI wrote: post #91

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Most devices still support S3 sleep, it's just disabled by default as s2idle (modern standby) has become the default. You can almost always re-enable S3 sleep if you really want to, but on modern devices it typically only takes a few seconds to resume from S4 (suspend-to-disk) which technically is safer and more reliable. Also you can always use suspend-then-hibernate if you really want fast resume during the day, bu…

Dunno about other manufacturers, but Thinkpads removed S3. Stock BIOS on some T14 G3 had S3 had it, but it was removed by subsequent BIOS updates. The notebook market is dead for me if the notebook can't sleep on 0.3% battery per hour and if it can't wake up within a second or so. So far only macbooks and >5 years old Intel notebooks can.

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