But here's the problem: Performance is dreadful. Even with applications compiled for the new processor I'm seeing it do no better than a cheap Intel netbook from 2015. This may not be so much of an issue with basic tasks like web browsing and word processing, but you could certainly do the same or better for far less money with a Chromebook or other low end Intel device.
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Overpriced junk. Many reviews talk about "you'll get used to using a computer that runs slower". Here's a typical Amazon review of the ASUS model:
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Originally posted by GruenSein View Post
The decent price is the sticking point from my point of view. That is particularly true for System76 etc. since their benefits over buying a Dell laptop and simply installing Linux on it are marginal at best. Often, they are trailing behind when it comes to current generation hardware. And the industrial design is.. well.. a matter of taste but not on par with other hardware manufacturers. That being said, if AMD keeps working on their linux support the way they have been for the last couple of years, the best choice might be to skip the still experimental ARM stuff and simply buy a Lenovo (or other standard) laptop with an AMD APU.
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Originally posted by pracedru View Post
There has to be demand for it to happen. And if we buy Windows laptops and install Linux, then the producers of laptops have no idea the market exists. So... Please by your next Linux laptop from System76/Purism/Entroware etc.Last edited by Vistaus; 11 February 2019, 01:17 PM.
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Originally posted by aht0 View PostYou'd trust Qualcomm-based laptop. I mean Quadrooter bug..
IMHO about on par with Intel's issues..
Basically, the modem on Qualcomm hardware is roughly equivalent to the Intel ME.
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Originally posted by schmidtbag View PostNvidia makes good stuff but it's so expensive.
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Originally posted by Mattia_98 View PostAnother thing I'm woried about is that the Infrastructure around ARM isn't as flexible as x86. Like, as far as I know I can't just pop a CD into an ARM laptop and boot from it and install the system like that. :'( Maybe that's why ARM hasn't catched on..
All ANdroid devices can be put into "fastboot" mode where the bootloader awaits your system image from the USB port and this is pretty standardized.
I don't know about these ARM UEFI ones.
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Just 4 or 6 GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage for 650-830 $$$? Sounds somewhat expensive to me just for playing with ARM.
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Originally posted by Mattia_98 View PostI can't believe that it took Microsoft to kickstart this. Somebody please explain me why this has not become a thing 5 or even more years ago. We could have gotten Linux ARM laptop 5 years ago easily because Linux distros aren't so architecture dependent as Windows is, as long as you don't use prorietary software.
Also the Pinebook is available and working well. They are even launching an upgraded model (Pinebook Pro) this year.
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What would be even more interesting is if Wine could tap into the Snap850 x86 translation accelerator (or brake depending on how you view it). Apps won't blaze by any means, but you still get some functionality parity.
My last go round with AArch64 was most of the apps I wanted to use had no ARM counterpart.
I have looked at the Linux on cheap new intel laptops (ie: Lenovo Ideapads as an example) for awhile and have found that anything Pentium from Haswell up requires a lighter desktop version of the Linux release. Installing stock Ubuntu was just too heavy for those castrated cores and graphics.
I am guessing that any Linux ARM install will reveal something similar.
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You'd trust Qualcomm-based laptop. I mean Quadrooter bug..
IMHO about on par with Intel's issues..
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