Holy s*! It has dedicated home/page/end and full size arrows keys! 😲😲😲
Almost every other laptop maker seem too stupid to be able to fit them.
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Originally posted by DoMiNeLa10 View PostIt's not a ThinkPad, but this could be worked around these days since ThinkPad IV patents are expired. I care about the trackpoint on my laptop too much to consider anything that doesn't have one.
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Guest repliedIt's not a ThinkPad, but this could be worked around these days since ThinkPad IV patents are expired. I care about the trackpoint on my laptop too much to consider anything that doesn't have one.
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Originally posted by Michael_S View PostI've just seen a list of reasons not to buy it from other people, and those reasons are legitimate. However, I also have a list of reasons to buy it:- It does my part, however small, to keep the computing market from consolidating down to just a few major vendors that are effectively a cabal that control everything.
- It supports a company that only sells FOSS (if not FSF RYF certified) operating systems, which is more ethical than companies that do most of their business in proprietary operating systems.
- When I'm at an office, or library, or coffee shop with the laptop it will be more recognizable to passers-by that I'm not using something with Windows, MacOS, or ChromeOS. Anything that contributes to the idea that Linux is mainstream is good.
- It makes it more likely that Tuxedo Computers will accumulate the money they need to make something more competitive next time.
- A massive amount of computer users just don't benefit from the cutting edge. My current Linux laptop is a low end i5 from 2013, this would be a big update. My wife and kids use Chromebooks for mobile computing, obviously this would be an upgrade for them.
- I like to avoid spending extra money as much as anyone else, but I get five years of service life out of laptops. Even if this costs $800 more than an equivalent Dell or Lenovo, across the life of the device that's an extra $13.33 per month. That's not a big deal.
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I've just seen a list of reasons not to buy it from other people, and those reasons are legitimate. However, I also have a list of reasons to buy it:- It does my part, however small, to keep the computing market from consolidating down to just a few major vendors that are effectively a cabal that control everything.
- It supports a company that only sells FOSS (if not FSF RYF certified) operating systems, which is more ethical than companies that do most of their business in proprietary operating systems.
- When I'm at an office, or library, or coffee shop with the laptop it will be more recognizable to passers-by that I'm not using something with Windows, MacOS, or ChromeOS. Anything that contributes to the idea that Linux is mainstream is good.
- It makes it more likely that Tuxedo Computers will accumulate the money they need to make something more competitive next time.
- A massive amount of computer users just don't benefit from the cutting edge. My current Linux laptop is a low end i5 from 2013, this would be a big update. My wife and kids use Chromebooks for mobile computing, obviously this would be an upgrade for them.
- I like to avoid spending extra money as much as anyone else, but I get five years of service life out of laptops. Even if this costs $800 more than an equivalent Dell or Lenovo, across the life of the device that's an extra $13.33 per month. That's not a big deal.
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Originally posted by r_a_trip View PostAnother meh product for a premium. This is what is mostly wrong with Linux based IHV's. You have to accept glaring shortcomings compared to the competition. It's always hardware that would have been impressive 2 years ago, for a price that will buy you a far better machine with the competition. Yes, that hardware is subsidized with crapware, you pay for a Windows license, yadda, yadda, yadda. Truth is that you will have a machine that is up to par with now, not yesterday and it will still be running Linux beautifully.
Don't come to me with "You will be supporting Linux." No, I won't. I will be supporting a company putting out subpar hardware (when compared to the competition) that happens to ship with Linux. Then I will have to put up with lesser hardware and Linux not one inch closer to desktop domination.
I do not really get what the benefit of this machine over the Dells and Lenovos is. I mean, I get that a niche company might not have the resources to release state of the art products whenever a new CPU launches. It might take them a while. Most likely, they do not receive the same support as the mainstream brands do either. However, I find it almost offensive that they are actually trying to sell a single channel (read: crippled, performing well below what would be possible) device to a group of IT enthusiast because, let's face it, nobody else will bother with devices like this. At this point, buying their device can only be classified as a religious act.
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Another meh product for a premium. This is what is mostly wrong with Linux based IHV's. You have to accept glaring shortcomings compared to the competition. It's always hardware that would have been impressive 2 years ago, for a price that will buy you a far better machine with the competition. Yes, that hardware is subsidized with crapware, you pay for a Windows license, yadda, yadda, yadda. Truth is that you will have a machine that is up to par with now, not yesterday and it will still be running Linux beautifully.
Don't come to me with "You will be supporting Linux." No, I won't. I will be supporting a company putting out subpar hardware (when compared to the competition) that happens to ship with Linux. Then I will have to put up with lesser hardware and Linux not one inch closer to desktop domination.
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"Pricing starts at 859 EUR for the configuration with 8GB RAM and 256GB SSD storage" ...
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Originally posted by ayumu View PostOne gen old and single channel. This is very half-assed.
Nobody should buy this. Please do not support incompetence.Last edited by Slartifartblast; 24 May 2020, 08:27 AM.
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