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Re: StarBook 14-inch

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Post by goosedragons »

geraneum wrote: post #215
ChuckNorris89 wrote: post #192

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>The influencers couldn’t put a normal SSD in a mac and make it boot. No, Linus put the SSD from another Mac Studio into the second slot of a Mac Studio and it wouldn't boot, and it wouldn't even run recovery to format everything and do a factory reset. So Apple is obviously firmware locking the Mac Studios to their factory configuration despite only genuine Apple hardware being used in the upgrade.

I always liked the LTT videos and was a subscriber. I don't think there's anything wrong with reviewing products and having a certain opinion, however Linus has a stake in a company which makes laptops whose main selling point is the ability to upgrade and repair the parts (Framework). He has a horse in the race. This doesn't automatically disqualify him from having an opinion, at the same time I don't value his opin…

That doesn't change the facts though? They don't let you upgrade the storage even if you have two first party storage cards.

Re: StarBook 14-inch

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Post by alsobrsp »

Casteil wrote: post #207
ChuckNorris89 wrote: post #131

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>yet the hardware they built is arguably very libre-friendly Well they're already in legal trouble for abusing their iOS market dominance with the new EU proposed legislation, they know the tides are turning against big tech, so they didn't lock down the MacBooks preemptively to brace themselves for what's coming, not because Apple has somehow now become a FOSS supporter. Before you applaud Apple for being too libre…

> Also, as a curiosity, why is every thread related to a X86 news, need to bring in the Apple M1 fan army and bang their drums? Honestly? Efficiency & battery life without sacrificing speed/performance. If you need great battery life (or simply don't want to have to worry about charging your laptop frequently), it's hard to swallow ~4-10h battery life of a typical X86 laptop when MBA/MBP are consistently achieving 10…

> when MBA/MBP are consistently achieving 10-16+ with real-world use.

I never get more than a couple hours on my MBP, 2.5-3 tops.

Re: StarBook 14-inch

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Post by IE6 »

Beltalowda wrote: post #148
3np wrote: post #35

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> The biggest disadvantage seems to be that the screen is bog-standard 16:9. Bigger than that IMO is 14" @ 1080p. It's just too little for daily use for me. Framework are so far the only ones in this market segment who have ever marketed >1080p laptop displays AFAIK. I have a hard time understanding why there is such a lack of higher-res panel options across the market, even when seemingly all other relevant specs ar…

> I'm sure like usual when this comes up, some people will come reply with "you can't make out the difference anyway", which is just not true. It is true for those people. No doubt that's not true for you , but you're not everyone. With fairly small screens (14" is small compared to a 24" desktop monitor) I genuinely don't notice the difference. I'm sure if you would put two screens next to each other I'd be able to…

> It is true for those people. No doubt that's not true for you, but you're not everyone.

While what you say is probably true I just wish it was not the constant narrative around laptops that have nice screens. I bought a Samsung Galaxy Chromebook and absolutely loved the 4K OLED screen it had up until the day its WiFi suddenly died. Everything looked amazing on it - even just the boring ChromeOS UI elements looked amazing. However every reviewer had the same feedback - that you can't tell the difference and you should shoot for 1080.

Re: StarBook 14-inch

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Post by IE6 »

tromp wrote: post #166
Beltalowda wrote: post #148

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I'm sure like usual when this comes up, some people will come reply with "you can't make out the difference anyway", which is just not true. It is true for those people. No doubt that's not true for you , but you're not everyone. With fairly small screens (14" is small compared to a 24" desktop monitor) I genuinely don't notice the difference. I'm sure if you would put two screens next to each other I'd be able to…

I can live with the lower resolution, as my eyesight is getting worse, but not with the 16x9 aspect ratio. 16x10 (1920x1200) feels so much more productive.

FWIW you can also try scaling the display - ChromeOS does this well out of the box, Linux is OK, Windows has it too. Best of both worlds IMHO.

Re: StarBook 14-inch

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Post by chewmieser »

yardstick wrote: post #202
darrenf wrote: post #170

I got one of these in December 2021 and frankly love it. Got fed up with being pretty much the only person on earth who had a shitty experience with Apple Silicon, so jumped back to Linux after 17 years away. I don’t use it as a portable, or at least haven’t yet - it’s my daily driver for work and permanently plugged in to a monitor (which also is a USB hub). I opted for Manjaro and enjoy using it way more than I did…

What put you off the M1? I’m still on an Intel MBP but fear my eventual switch to an M1 will be frustrating.

I was originally planning on waiting until like M2 but ended up needing an upgrade sooner than I had hoped for both my personal (2011) and work laptops (2016) and just have to say that M1 has been awesome so far. Snappy, low power consumption, much better cooling...

I was on an Intel MBP previously and everything I was using it for is supported just fine on M1. Some things require Rosetta but most big apps have updated support for M1 directly at this point.

Our docker development environment was based on x64 but it was pretty trivial to add support for ARM to it.

Gaming can be a challenge (when hasn't it been with Mac though), particularly GamePass games (through Parallels Windows 11) seems to be a hit-or-miss. Games through Steam, even virtualized through Parallels, have been fine though. On my M1 Max w/ 64GB memory I can play everything I've tried at ultra settings.

Re: StarBook 14-inch

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Post by dlivingston »

bArray wrote: post #125

Running this website without JS is pretty funny: > Intel® Core® 0 th generation processors > Ryzen™ 0 processor > Up to 0 GB 3200MHz memory And so on.

I know disabling JS is a popular security and privacy protocol on HM, but JS is a core part of the modern web. Strange side effects seem like they should be expected.

Re: StarBook 14-inch

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Post by KronisLV »

Hmm, seems like currently the costs of the more "open" laptops are around this:

  StarBook         ~1000€
  Librem 14        ~1250€
  Framework        ~925€
I can see why they'd focus on this price point, but what are some of the better budget options? Best i can think of are:

  StarLite         ~500€ (available soon)
  Pinebook Pro     ~250€ (out of stock)
  Raspberry Pi 400 ~100€ (not a true laptop, but interesting)
I actually bought my x86 notebook for around 200€, which was perfect for note taking in University and now occasionally serves as a low-power long battery life web browsing or typing machine: https://techbite.eu/en/laptopy/laptop-zin-3-14-1 (i got a slightly older revision)

That said, it seems like you should only go for the more popular devices so you don't run into stupid weirdness with drivers, even in popular *nix distros (4 GB of RAM just wasn't enough for usable Windows), for example, that manufacturer i linked had problems with the fingerprint scanner in the model i got.

Of course, what i'm after might be better for those who prefer desktop computing for most tasks and only need something for being on the go occasionally (or just are frugal, like me, due to only being able to make savings slowly).

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