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I see that they're releasing a new laptop: https://system76.com/laptops/galago https://system76.com/laptops/galago This is probably the first laptop from them

I see that they're releasing a new laptop: https://system76.com/laptops/galago https://system76.com/laptops/galago This is probably the first laptop from them that I could consider buying, judging solely on that small picture of it. Still super-thick, and I don't know if I would feel comfortable buying that over the XPS, but at least it's got HiDPI, which for the price they sell their laptops for I feel should be included.

2bluesc 10y ago
I owned the previous 14" 1080p Haswell powered Galago Ultra Pro built by Clevo. Build quality was terrible and battery life was horrific when compared to Dell Precision 15 (aka XPS). I quick quickly sold it and haven't missed it.
- asldkfjasfd7 10y ago
  Agreed about build quality. Our small office ordered a couple models in 2014-ish, to evaluate them. Lifted the LCD to find it had some much flex, it felt like tagboard. Plastic housings were incredibly flimsy feeling. Those 10" netbooks that were popular for a while never felt as cheap. We kept them as emergency backups and used one as a server, tucked in the server closet for a bit, but otherwise stuck with Dell. Who knows, maybe the aluminum one will remove those problems.
randomsofr 10y ago
Judging from that video, it seems they don't spend a lot of money on advertising.
- nkkollaw 10y ago
  Yes, that was pretty bad. It almost seems like they're showing how thick it is...
freehunter 10y ago
>Still super-thick You make your laptops super thin and people complain about ports and only 16GB of RAM and no repairability. You make your laptops repairable with three different kinds of USB ports plus HDMI and 32GB of RAM, and people complain it's super-thick.
- icebraining 10y ago
  It's like different people have different opinion on stuff!
  - freehunter 10y ago
    But they all share one thing in common: complaining on the Internet about products that aren't marketed toward them.
    - icebraining 10y ago
      From the laptop's marketing page: "Thin". Absent from the page: "repairable", "three USB ports", "32GB of RAM".
wybiral 10y ago
I've seen that elf movie. You can do crazy things with perspective...
koolba 10y ago
That's a beautiful ad!

2bluesc 10y ago

I owned the previous 14" 1080p Haswell powered Galago Ultra Pro built by Clevo. Build quality was terrible and battery life was horrific when compared to Dell Precision 15 (aka XPS). I quick quickly sold it and haven't missed it.

asldkfjasfd7 10y ago
Agreed about build quality. Our small office ordered a couple models in 2014-ish, to evaluate them. Lifted the LCD to find it had some much flex, it felt like tagboard. Plastic housings were incredibly flimsy feeling. Those 10" netbooks that were popular for a while never felt as cheap. We kept them as emergency backups and used one as a server, tucked in the server closet for a bit, but otherwise stuck with Dell. Who knows, maybe the aluminum one will remove those problems.

randomsofr 10y ago

Judging from that video, it seems they don't spend a lot of money on advertising.

nkkollaw 10y ago
Yes, that was pretty bad. It almost seems like they're showing how thick it is...

freehunter 10y ago

>Still super-thick You make your laptops super thin and people complain about ports and only 16GB of RAM and no repairability. You make your laptops repairable with three different kinds of USB ports plus HDMI and 32GB of RAM, and people complain it's super-thick.

icebraining 10y ago
It's like different people have different opinion on stuff!
- freehunter 10y ago
  But they all share one thing in common: complaining on the Internet about products that aren't marketed toward them.
  - icebraining 10y ago
    From the laptop's marketing page: "Thin". Absent from the page: "repairable", "three USB ports", "32GB of RAM".

wybiral 10y ago

I've seen that elf movie. You can do crazy things with perspective...

koolba 10y ago

That's a beautiful ad!