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Re: System76 Galago Pro [video]

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Post by phaus »

shmageggy wrote: post #26
phaus wrote: post #10

Is this something new or is it another rebranded Clevo? The Galago Ultrapro they released a couple of years ago had amazing specs, but the keyboard had a design flaw they refused to fix properly. Some Clevos are OK, but many of them have design defects and/or poor QC.

If we are talking about the same machine, where the keyboard would just not register key presses about 5% of the time, they did eventually ship out free replacement keyboards to all owners.

When I was looking into them they were shipping out identical keyboards with a metal bar attached to it to make if feel less "cheap", but it supposedly didn't actually fix the problem. Did they actually end up redesigning the keyboard after that?

Re: System76 Galago Pro [video]

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Post by headcanon »

Has System76 improved their product quality? I understand their reputation has never been any good. If they're able to pull it together I might consider one, but coming from mac land, its going to be a tough sell, and I'm pretty sure I would just get a lenovo if I wanted to move away from macbook pros.

Re: System76 Galago Pro [video]

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Post by shmageggy »

CalRobert wrote: post #33
shmageggy wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If we are talking about the same machine, where the keyboard would just not register key presses about 5% of the time, they did eventually ship out free replacement keyboards to all owners.

Which was surprising, since their support line tried their damnedest to convince me that I just didn't know how to type. I never took them seriously after that.

Yeah they tried to do the same to me (gaslighting, basically), and I already had a return shipping label in hand, but (un?)luckily they announced the replacements right around that same time.

Re: System76 Galago Pro [video]

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Post by 2bluesc »

Freak_NL wrote: post #27
2bluesc wrote: post #12

As a previous gen System 76 Galago and now a proud Dell Precision 5510 owner, I wish them luck! I traded my previous gen System76 Galago Pro after 2-3 years of being disappointed with build quality, battery life also piss poor BIOS support for a company priding themselves on supporting the hardware (i.e. UEFI had to be hacked in from the identical Clevo, next to no options, no TPM, etc). We need more competitors in t…

Four year plus owner of a Gazelle here. The only thing that is 'wrong' with it is the battery (dead). Since I use the laptop on power exclusively this doesn't bother me. I could have replaced it though. All in all it is a very powerful and very nice laptop. Every time I look at a future replacement for this one I get stuck with this dilemma: System76.com: + I know that the laptop I buy will work with Linux; no painst…

> - Actually finding an XPS with Ubuntu in their shop

Problem is that you're looking for XPS, I think they only do XPS + Ubuntu under their Sputnik program. If you look-up the Precision line, Ubuntu 16.04 from the factory is an option with a $101.50 discount over Win10 Pro. [0]

[0] http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?oc=xctop5...

Re: System76 Galago Pro [video]

#46

Post by shmageggy »

phaus wrote: post #41
shmageggy wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If we are talking about the same machine, where the keyboard would just not register key presses about 5% of the time, they did eventually ship out free replacement keyboards to all owners.

When I was looking into them they were shipping out identical keyboards with a metal bar attached to it to make if feel less "cheap", but it supposedly didn't actually fix the problem. Did they actually end up redesigning the keyboard after that?

Yes, they redesigned it and shipped out full replacement keyboards. It works reasonably well now.

Re: System76 Galago Pro [video]

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Post by johnhattan »

Am I missing something with these machines? I just priced generic Acer and Asus laptops with the same specs to the Lemur, and they both came out $200 cheaper.

Mind you, they come with Windows pre-installed, but the Ubuntu installer will happily reformat the drive before installing itself. And they're all just generic laptop hardware (HID trackpad, Intel graphics), so I doubt that drivers are an issue.

Re: System76 Galago Pro [video]

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Post by _ea1k »

soperj wrote: post #7
oneeyedpigeon wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Don't all 'ultrabooks' ship without an ethernet port nowadays?

No. Thinkpad X1 Carbon definitely has an ethernet port.

You are being downvoted, but you are definitely right about the new ones. I'm not sure if they are shipping yet, though.

Details here: http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/thinkpad/x-series/x1-ca...

Previous versions did not have one, afaik.

Re: System76 Galago Pro [video]

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Post by stamps »

Had a Lemur 14" about 5 years ago. Out of the box - Ubuntu support was very good but the battery life was poor (sort of expected at the time), build quality okay but not comparable to the 2012 Macbook Pro's, and the speakers were notably quiet.

Otherwise it's still running (plugged in) with an older relative who uses it to check email and do other simple web tasks.

If they've gotten the build quality right this time I'll give it a shot. I'm currently using a Dell XPS 13 (2015) running Elementary OS (used to be Arch).

Re: System76 Galago Pro [video]

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Post by mrweasel »

Freak_NL wrote: post #27
2bluesc wrote: post #12

As a previous gen System 76 Galago and now a proud Dell Precision 5510 owner, I wish them luck! I traded my previous gen System76 Galago Pro after 2-3 years of being disappointed with build quality, battery life also piss poor BIOS support for a company priding themselves on supporting the hardware (i.e. UEFI had to be hacked in from the identical Clevo, next to no options, no TPM, etc). We need more competitors in t…

Four year plus owner of a Gazelle here. The only thing that is 'wrong' with it is the battery (dead). Since I use the laptop on power exclusively this doesn't bother me. I could have replaced it though. All in all it is a very powerful and very nice laptop. Every time I look at a future replacement for this one I get stuck with this dilemma: System76.com: + I know that the laptop I buy will work with Linux; no painst…

>- So-so build quality

That's really sad, because I think most of us who want to buy Linux/BSD capable laptops also want excellent build quality (and honestly don't mind paying for it).

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