I’m waiting for (probably far off) day when System76 makes its own laptops instead of using Clevo hardware. I just can’t deal with that keyboard & trackpad quality.
Everything System76 makes themselves is awesome.
Everything System76 makes themselves is awesome.
> I received your message in the support ticket that you have gotten a Framework Laptop. A great choice.
Gave me a burst of hope for official Pop!_OS Framework laptops sold through S76.
A S76 QA engineer shared more details on Reddit.
> The chassis and motherboard for this product are manufactured by a company called Emdoor. The final assembly will be done in-house at System76's Denver factory (the same place Thelios and Launches are manufactured.)
https://old.reddit.com/r/System76/comments/10a3lqj/amd_ryzen...
Less visible downsides: only 1 TB SSD (I have 3 TB now), 16 GB RAM (I have 32) and the screen is smaller as the laptop is "12.73 x 8.44 x 0.75 in; 32.34 x 21.46 x 1.91 cm"
The only good points are that it weights almost half of mine and it's numberpad free :-)
Word is, it's HP EliteBook 845 G8
(https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxhardware/comments/wc9d7a/hp_de...)
oh, i never knew that! i thought they made everything.
for real though, who thought that having pgup and pgdn as mini keys on top of the left and right arrow keys was a good idea? and how did that get through quality assurance?
I was hopeful when they announced an all-AMD laptop recently. But unfortunately it's too small / underpowered / non-upgradeable for my needs, and I couldn't tell from the pictures if the keyboard was more to my liking.
To be fair, even Framework laptops don't have swappable keyboard types, AFAICT. So even a System76-Framework team-up wouldn't necessarily fit my needs.
but it's been thrown in a back pack and gone through several years of traveling in a back pack
That said, the keyboard could be better.
I hate the trend in flat-top keys we have now. I honestly love the feel of gently recessed keys. I had an early macbook pro and the keys seemed to press against my fingertips uniformly instead of having the "hotspot" you get in the center of the flat key.