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Data only in one place is bad no matter how big the drive is. Sync it to a NAS, PC, online, external drive, other laptop, or multiple of those.
I don't know. I had dozens and dozens NVMe drives and only one 8TB. Guess which one failed? The 8TB one. That hurt.
Every new $3000 computer I see just makes me glad I bought a Snapdragon X2 laptop.
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On the other hand, full size arrow keys make this a non-starter for me. I need to position my fingers over the arrow keys without looking at them, and half-size allows me to do that by touch feeling.
I feel the opposite -- with half-size up/down keys, it's too easy to mis-press them. I guess it's a matter of habit.
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I think there is a very specific niche that this notebook is target for, and this definitely doesn't seem for you, the kind of person that having a cheaper laptop is more important than some of the unique features than this one or a Framework 13 Pro have. For the unique part of this laptop that AFAIK a Dell XPS won't have is the Coreboot BIOS, that also probably means better support in the long term for BIOS updates.…
The Framework pro is much more competitive price wise. I’m actually interested, but I’ll let you review it first. The framework doesn’t support Coreboot though. Different markets have different price ranges. Linux nerds have money, thus, this starts at 3500$ Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX 2.1GHz Processor; NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 12GB GDDR7; https://system76.com/laptops/serval-ws Same CPU and GPU, as a gaming laptop, 21…
I don't think this is necessarily about Linux nerds. For any kind of work laptop, time saved tinkering easily worth the extra $$$.
Same-size cursor keys (with the whole line and without any distinction) is such an ill-design decision. Nice to show in the presentation slide deck, but hard to actually use blindly.
FWIW I have had a StarLite Mk IV for three years now and haven't run into a single issue with it (except maybe the speakers being quite poor). Unfortunately the company stopped releasing firmware updates for it soon after they launched Mk V. I don't know if it can be still built from source for the older devices.
Just to clarify on the firmware side: we haven’t stopped releasing updates for the Lite Mk IV. The challenge is that the SPI storage on the older-generation StarLites is quite small, so we’ve run into space constraints with some of the newer firmware features.
We’re currently working on optimising the available space, so there should be more updates coming for the Mk IV soon!
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Hi. Could you please describe your opinion on the compatibility and stability (especially everything wireless) of the system?
After a couple of days of monkeying with powershell, cmake, uv, and bootstrapping LLVM I have to say I’m pretty impressed with the overall stability and usability. The only thing that didn’t “just work” so far was building uv from source. Plus it’s wicked fast at compiling and doesn’t get unbearably hot or loud, and it’s insanely light. Haven’t had a chance to try any Vulkan apps or x86 emulation (that I know of) yet…
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Vents in the bottom just make sense, does it have to be explained? The fans aren't going to be running full blast during idle times or when portable for example. Saves power to use gravity. Macs don't have to worry about that since they made a huge efficiency jump with M1. Before that they overheated due to poor thermals.
Your answer don't make sense. Hot air is lighter. Gravity help hot air go up, not down.
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The Framework pro is much more competitive price wise. I’m actually interested, but I’ll let you review it first. The framework doesn’t support Coreboot though. Different markets have different price ranges. Linux nerds have money, thus, this starts at 3500$ Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX 2.1GHz Processor; NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 12GB GDDR7; https://system76.com/laptops/serval-ws Same CPU and GPU, as a gaming laptop, 21…
system76 does not develop special Nvidia drivers, but they do work on integrating GPU switching etc. in the Linux desktop: https://github.com/pop-os/system76-power/ I don't think this is necessarily about Linux nerds. For any kind of work laptop, time saved tinkering easily worth the extra $$$.
Plus PopOS hasn't been doing great lately , Cosmic has issues.
Linux must remain a FREE alternative to Windows. If I need to pay an extra 1400$ for a specific Linux laptop with the same specs it's vastly less competitive.