System76 Announces New Alder Lake Laptop With Coreboot Firmware

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Phoronix: System76 Announces New Alder Lake Laptop With Coreboot Firmware

System76 has announced a new Lemur Pro laptop model that is now offering 12th Gen "Alder Lake" Intel processors while continuing to feature Coreboot firmware...

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=System76-ADL-Lemur-Pro

[Barley9432]

Wrong pricing

[anarsoul]

It's 2022, why they keep using 1080p panels in laptops?

[EvilHowl]

It's 2022, why they keep using 1080p panels in laptops?

It's a 14.1-inch, low power laptop. It's enough.

I wouldn't mind if it were 16:10, though.

[kvuj]

Still waiting for secureboot support in firmware with preferably a GUI to configure UEFI options. These are basic features that I still can't have on my laptop after all this time (galp5) :-(

[lamka02sk]

Looks like only 1 memory slot is accessible and the other one is soldered. That sucks.

[davidhendricks]

It's a 14.1-inch, low power laptop. It's enough.

I wouldn't mind if it were 16:10, though.

It also has a matte finish, so one can actually see what their laptop is displaying rather than their own reflection and glare. That's far more important than higher resolution IMO.

[davidhendricks]

Wrong pricing

Please share if you know of a good alternative with open source host and EC firmware at a competitive price.

[Barley9432]

Please share if you know of a good alternative with open source host and EC firmware at a competitive price.

Not what I meant, the article previously had the wrong price listed.

[davidhendricks]

Not what I meant, the article previously had the wrong price listed.

Oops, thanks for clarifying!