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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 with a laptop.

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Regretful galago owner here on a permanently plugged in laptop with a broken Ethernet port and a bunch of little felt pads lining the sides of my screen to prevent rubbing. Hopefully the new ones are better.

Exact same set of problems on mine here; Space key feels like it's giving out now too, and this is with the replacement keyboard.

> 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.

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