btw, just so you know, it doesn't come with arch :P
StarBook 14-inch
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#42If anyone from Star Labs is here, I’d encourage a bit of a QA review of your site!
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#43When I loaded the website it was slowly going incrementally through different intel generations. So I thought for a second they were offering versions with older intel chips. But the page was just animating slowly.
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#44Funny, without js all the specs say "0." I guess they wanted it animated for dramatic affect and now you get something very much the opposite, like they're sarcastically selling you a rock. >0th gen Intel processor >0GB of memory >0hrs of battery life >0GB/S SSD write speed
Yeah they would just need to add some ...
This problem happens even with JS enabled. They’re supposed to be dynamic as you scroll but it doesn’t work properly so you end up staring at zeros for quite a while!
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#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
Nothing compares to the Apple track pad. My XPS 17 from 2020 has a worse trackpad than my 2012 MB Air.
I purchased and returned an XPS last year and the trackpad was unbelievably bad. After using Mac laptops for the previous 10 years, I hadn’t thought the difference in hardware quality could be so far apart. MacBooks are at least a generation ahead of the best PC hardware (generation as in, 10 years)
https://www.pcmag.com/picks/the-best-laptops?test_uuid=06r4M...
The XPS isn't a great example of the best PC hardware, but it IS a pretty good example of the best laptop performance one can get for the price of an iPhone. ^^
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#46It would be nice if there were any DP on the AMD version; I assume the Intel does DP over thunderbolt and the AMD does not?
It says in the specification it has DP alt mode for the USB C. You just don't get thunderbolt on the AMD models. This is pretty typical and it's the same case on the AMD ThinkPads.
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#47How does the touchpad and the 2 finger scroll compare to the MacBooks? Having used those I haven't found anything matching those.
Nothing compares to the Apple track pad. My XPS 17 from 2020 has a worse trackpad than my 2012 MB Air.
I stand corrected. The 2017 XPS 17 retailed at only about $200 cheaper than the 2012 Air (with inflation, I'm being generous with the rounding.
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#48Do I understand correctly that this is capable of charging over USB-C, and includes a USB-C power supply, but the default charging cable is USB-C -> DC barrel jack?
So you can charge over USB-C, but only if you buy a C-to-C cable and tie up the single USB-C port.
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#49How does the touchpad and the 2 finger scroll compare to the MacBooks? Having used those I haven't found anything matching those.
Nothing compares to the Apple track pad. My XPS 17 from 2020 has a worse trackpad than my 2012 MB Air.
I know this back-and-forth happens every single time there's a conversation about this on HN, but I just want to point out that trackpads are extremely personal, and I've had nothing but bad experiences with Apple trackpads until recently. The "hinge" models of the previous decade border on unusable for me because of the force required to click them, whereas my (early decade) XPS model has the best trackpad of any laptop I've ever used and it includes physical left/right buttons, which I love.
My advice is to try out the trackpad on a laptop before you buy it if this is something that matters to you, not trust the opinions of Internet strangers.
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#50Nah.
You know what I'd buy? A proven laptop brand that a third party revamped/Coreboot-ed/etc. and resold. These mediocre, unproven, semi-bespoke laptops with third-rate keyboards and so-so screens (the two features that really matter to me) are never compelling enough.