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Originally posted by eltomito View PostIt's beyond me why anyone would want to use 16:10 instead of 16:9 which is an established movie format. Why?
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Originally posted by torsionbar28 View PostLooks like a nice laptop, but why do so many manufacturers put a number pad on their 15" laptop models? Laptops are already ergonomic nightmares, forcing you into a hunched over neanderthal position to operate a display that's hinged to the keyboard. Now they want you to either sit off-center, or use an asymmetric arm position?? It's like a medieval torture device. I swear, this must be some conspiracy to drive revenue for chiropractors.
It feels so much more convenient than to contort my hands holding the left shift with the pinkie while going for 8-9 with the thumb (or right shift + 1-2-3 depending on the hand).
The bottom line is "to each his own" once again.
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Originally posted by tornado99 View Post1080p, 16:9 ratio in 2021, seriously?
All the major manufacturers have moved to 16:10 and 3:2 now. Especially as Linux users are more likely to do actual work on their machines makes this all the more important.
It's beyond me why anyone would want to use 16:10 instead of 16:9 which is an established movie format. Why?
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Looks like a nice laptop, but why do so many manufacturers put a number pad on their 15" laptop models? Laptops are already ergonomic nightmares, forcing you into a hunched over neanderthal position to operate a display that's hinged to the keyboard. Now they want you to either sit off-center, or use an asymmetric arm position?? It's like a medieval torture device. I swear, this must be some conspiracy to drive revenue for chiropractors.
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Is it using coreboot like their other laptops? If it is, thats pretty awesome
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Originally posted by gggeek View PostI'm shopping for a 15'' laptop atm - I had hoped to be able to postpone the buy until Zen3 models were available, but it seems that it will be close to impossible to get any before end of may at the minimum, at least in Europe.
This one seems quite similar to the Tongfang based models from Schenker (via 15 pro) and Tuxedo (Pulse), the main difference being the 4700U vs 4800H cpu, and possibly the screen.
Would anyone have a recommendation?
The (pre-installed) Linux offering is growing between the models oriented towards devs (Dell and Lenovo + some System76 models) and the more mainstream ones (System76 and Tuxedo), yet it's still very limited. Especially on the AMD side, we're only just talking about ± 5-10 models. Add in a dGPU you're only left with a couple of AMD + Nvidia models.
Some look for unsoldiered RAM, some would want 4K screens, for others 2K 16:10, 3:2 or 501:999 screens are fine, one won't like when the manufacturer skimp on the battery capacity, then some cheap smartasses have 300$ as a budget and expect to get a Ryzen 5999U. And when you finally found your "almost every criteria filler" killer one, it's 20 kgs and doesn't fit the mobile bill.
Basically, given the little choice we have and the even smaller sub-choice (AMD/INTEL, dGPU/iGPU), you're going to have to make compromises on some points, even at a big price tag. I've looked for a year before buying the Tuxedo Aura 15.
Sorry for the non constructive answer. It just boils down to research and compromises.
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I think someone messed up on their pricing page. Their ECC ram is cheaper than non-ECC ram...and cheaper than 32GB of ECC from Amazon at that.
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I'm shopping for a 15'' laptop atm - I had hoped to be able to postpone the buy until Zen3 models were available, but it seems that it will be close to impossible to get any before end of may at the minimum, at least in Europe.
This one seems quite similar to the Tongfang based models from Schenker (via 15 pro) and Tuxedo (Pulse), the main difference being the 4700U vs 4800H cpu, and possibly the screen.
Would anyone have a recommendation?
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Actually, the price seems pretty competitive. Would make a decent linux dev machine. What I am missing is DP/USB-C video out.. only 1 HDMI video out. :S
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