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Re: System76 AMD-Only Laptop Returns

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Post by StillBored » Fri, Jan 13, 2023, 9:35 PM UTC

okasaki wrote: post #150

StillBored wrote: post #140

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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.

I think it was this one: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-11-tablet-intel-pentium-4gb-...

it was on sale for $199, or $299 with the keyboard.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-11-tablet-intel-pentium-4gb-...

But only that second link is still in stock.

Its a bit weak on the CPU/RAM front, but for what i'm using it for (ebooks, netflix, and random PCish tasks (largly RDP) when i'm to lazy to get out of bed and grab the laptop) its not a bad device except for the one "issue" which is that it doesn't have a headphone jack. Something I would have probably returned it for had I paid closer to MSRP on it. Its a reasonable upgrade to the chewi windows tablet I was using before, which also has a weak cpu (but more ram) and a screen that isn't as nice.

Re: System76 AMD-Only Laptop Returns

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Post by lwhi » Fri, Jan 13, 2023, 10:07 PM UTC

coder543 wrote: post #279

lwhi wrote: post #277

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First: Read the original title out loud. Next: Read the original title (including the additional comma) out loud, pausing slightly in place of the comma. -- Which makes _more_ sense?

The one without the comma, absolutely.

You're only lying to yourself.

Re: System76 AMD-Only Laptop Returns

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Post by hiyer » Sat, Jan 14, 2023, 2:12 AM UTC

INTPenis wrote: post #267

hiyer wrote: post #219

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Check out the Asus Rog zephyrus g14 [1]. I have the 2021 version (which is only FHD) and it's quite light and runs cool. 1. https://rog.asus.com/laptops/rog-zephyrus/rog-zephyrus-g14-2...

Very impressive, but too much gaming focus for my needs. I work mostly in devops.

It is a gaming laptop, but you don't have to use it for games - I rarely do. In my experience, though, gaming laptops have the best build quality after business ones like ThinkPads (which were above my budget). They used to be very heavy and unwieldy, but that's changed now.

Re: System76 AMD-Only Laptop Returns

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Post by accrual » Sat, Jan 14, 2023, 2:52 AM UTC

selfhoster11 wrote: post #262

accrual wrote: post #202

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I recently started using a 1280x1024 display in a 5:4 ratio for my retro PC. I really like it. It's more square than 4:3 and feels very utilitarian. On the other hand, I still prefer 16:10 over 16:9 for modern displays.

Any thoughts on the LG DualUp [0]? It looks quite interesting for portrait mode work, but I've held off from purchasing due to the... unusual aspect ratio and the fact that it'd be rather difficult to use for watching video content. [0]: https://www.lg.com/uk/monitors/lg-28mq780-b

It looks really interesting! I found using a different aspect ratio (5:4 in my recent case) changes how I view and interact with the computer. It just feels refreshing to use something different after years of 16:9 and 16:10. Your window layout might be different, which may or may not benefit your workflow.

I agree video content might look a little strange unless it was kept on either the top or bottom, and not full screened.

Re: System76 AMD-Only Laptop Returns

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Post by yellowapple » Sat, Jan 14, 2023, 6:16 AM UTC

andreareina wrote: post #196

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…

I have a 14” QHD laptop (framework) and it’s really awkward without fractional scaling. I don’t know that 20-25% more screen space would really fix that.

I just don't scale anything on mine. Obviously not ideal for everyone, but I tend to want to cram as much into the screen as possible.

Re: System76 AMD-Only Laptop Returns

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Post by trelane » Sat, Jan 14, 2023, 8:34 PM UTC

_odey wrote: post #250

kccqzy wrote: post #145

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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 m…

This user in another post here has encountered issues. It looks like you were the lucky one. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34363615

I've put Gentoo on all of mine but the gaming one. I've not enjoyed any problems with the hardware compatibility.

Re: System76 AMD-Only Laptop Returns

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Post by andreareina » Sun, Jan 15, 2023, 3:08 AM UTC

yellowapple wrote: post #295

andreareina wrote: post #196

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I have a 14” QHD laptop (framework) and it’s really awkward without fractional scaling. I don’t know that 20-25% more screen space would really fix that.

I just don't scale anything on mine. Obviously not ideal for everyone, but I tend to want to cram as much into the screen as possible.

Alas my eyes aren't that good :)

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Post by karmakaze » Sun, Jan 15, 2023, 10:29 PM UTC

selfhoster11 wrote: post #262

accrual wrote: post #202

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I recently started using a 1280x1024 display in a 5:4 ratio for my retro PC. I really like it. It's more square than 4:3 and feels very utilitarian. On the other hand, I still prefer 16:10 over 16:9 for modern displays.

Any thoughts on the LG DualUp [0]? It looks quite interesting for portrait mode work, but I've held off from purchasing due to the... unusual aspect ratio and the fact that it'd be rather difficult to use for watching video content. [0]: https://www.lg.com/uk/monitors/lg-28mq780-b

I can't imagine it makes the most sense unless you got two of them side-by-side--though that would depend on the nature of your work. I use a 43" 4k 16:9 monitor and don't use the full height, leaving part of the top and bottom edges empty. Moving your eyes/head that much vertically just doesn't seem very natural or ergonomic.