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Re: System76 Galago Pro [video]

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Post by reirob »

dorfsmay wrote: post #14

No TrackPoint, which makes it unusable for me.

Fully agree. I am looking now for more than ten years for an alternative to ThinkPads because of the Trackpoint. Tried many many options, always send them back (including the TinkPad x40 series, which removed the physical trackpoint buttons) - but so far I did not find and forced to pay premium money to ThinkPad.

Have the T450s now for 1.5 years. Very very happy with. But if there would be something Linux friendly I with a perfect Trackpoint and keyboard and the "pro" options, I would give them my money. Imitating Apple will never attract me.

Re: System76 Galago Pro [video]

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Post by bedros »

got Dell XPS 15" (9550) last summer, and I just upgraded from windows 10 to Kubuntu 17.04 Beta, supper happy, and everything works perfect.

wifi, sleep/wakeup, power management work right away

if you get 4K screen, you need to go settings and change font size from 96dpi to 208 dpi

Re: System76 Galago Pro [video]

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Post by CalRobert »

shmageggy wrote: post #44
CalRobert wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I'd say you were lucky to rid yourself of a company that clearly prefers lying to their customers over testing their products before release.

Re: System76 Galago Pro [video]

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Post by INTPenis »

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…

I have no issue with Thinkpad X230 for Linux. It's thicker than an "ultrabook" but it's still my go to choice for portable laptop.

I prefer having an actual ehternet port rather than a movable part one.

The dual battery is also pretty neat, one is replaceable.

Many of my co-workers have either the Carbon or the Yoga, I've only seen one with Fedora installed but as long as Fedora works out-of-box on it then the Yoga seems to me like a great work laptop too.

Re: System76 Galago Pro [video]

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Post by pilif »

schmichael wrote: post #21
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…

I had a similarly bad experience with System76 build quality. Back to Thinkpads for me. That ethernet port they show broke after relatively light usage. I can't believe they haven't fixed that design flaw yet. I guess wired connections are rare enough maybe no one notices. The screen rubbing on the keyboard when closed and causing bright spots was definitely the worst part for me. I don't want to have to be dainty wi…

> The screen rubbing on the keyboard when closed and causing bright spots

back in the days (before 2006 when I moved to apple), this was a common issue with IBM Thinkpads. Fun to see this still happening in the PC world.

Re: System76 Galago Pro [video]

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Post by green7ea »

INTPenis wrote: post #94
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…

I have no issue with Thinkpad X230 for Linux. It's thicker than an "ultrabook" but it's still my go to choice for portable laptop. I prefer having an actual ehternet port rather than a movable part one. The dual battery is also pretty neat, one is replaceable. Many of my co-workers have either the Carbon or the Yoga, I've only seen one with Fedora installed but as long as Fedora works out-of-box on it then the Yoga s…

I have a Yoga 2 Pro and a T420s (when the Ts still had nice keyboards). The T420s is a much more enjoyable machine for development work. This is mostly due to the screen being matte. This reflectivity of the screen affects me much more than the resolution (1600x900 vs 3200x1800). Another important factor is the amazing original IBM keyboard with the red knob. I have to agree with grand-parent that Lenovo's quality has gone downhill in recent years.

I have ArchLinux and Ubuntu on both of them and they both work fine after a few HiDpi scalling tweaks on the Yoga.

*edit: I forgot to mention that the T420s has built in ethernet and a hardware switch to turn off the wifi (bios level, not physical) which are two other features I enjoy.

Re: System76 Galago Pro [video]

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Post by 0x6c6f6c »

johnhattan wrote: post #47

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.

Larger quantity of sales allows the profit margin to be smaller.

Re: System76 Galago Pro [video]

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Post by robotbikes »

csdreamer7 wrote: post #89

HP Laptop 2010: AMD built-in graphics card overheated and AMD cut support for it while still selling it. Dell Laptop 2011: USB shorted out, power cord was too short. Nvidia Optimius was terrible with both Linux and Windows. Lemur 2012, box-like, RAM was expensive, but it was a work horse. Hardware keys, very small laptop to mirror an old XP laptop I loved. Kept working even after I dropped it on it's power plug. Made…

I had a similar problem with a HP laptop that was a nightmare to run under Linux and almost as bad with Windows. It had a AMD chipset though and Linux wouldn't run it without blasting the CPU/GPU fan full blast. After countless hours trying to get a working machine when it came time to get a new laptop I thought I'd try System76.

I bought a less than year old Galago Pro laptop on eBay and immediately noticed it had some issues like a weird buzz and random hard drive disconnects. I contacted support and eventually RMAd it. They replaced the motherboard and it was covered by the support warranty. They never asked if I was the original owner. This was my first experience ever getting support a on a device and I can't complain. I'm using it to this day, while not a dream machine it works in Linux without tinkering and support was there when I needed it. It is definitely the best laptop I have ever owned but I have almost always had second-hand year old models. The i7 processor and haswell GPU and 16gb of memory and replaceable components, even the battery still has a few hours of life when I need it.

The HP laptop on the other hand is still being used for games by my step-son but he has a desk fan leaning on it to avoid over heating.

Re: System76 Galago Pro [video]

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Post by vladimir-y »

Better get ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen5 (latest generation, recently released). Carbon has 14" screen with a similar or even smaller size (frameless design) than that bulky 13" System76. It also has 2 Thunderbolt3 ports, I doubt System76 will have added at least one. Carbon also has a best keyboard on the market.

Re: System76 Galago Pro [video]

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Post by eumoria »

eumoria wrote: post #3
mikecarlton wrote: post #2

Heads up -- auto-playing audio and video.

but it is a fun comic jab at apple. ::zooms in on ethernet port::

pile like attack dogs as if I am completely in support of the hardware! Just enjoying the poking fun at 'less for more money' apple... geez :P

Also that stick-out power button is an AWFUL idea now that someone pointed it out.

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