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Popping in to note that if anyone is on the fence about the Oryx Pro, it's a fantastic machine, I love mine! System76 was a fantastic company to deal with. Aft
by hardwaresofton 7y ago
Popping in to note that if anyone is on the fence about the Oryx Pro, it's a fantastic machine, I love mine! System76 was a fantastic company to deal with.
After some initial troubles with the cooling system (I sent the laptop back and it was serviced under warranty), I've been chugging along the last few months.
I should note that the fans can get pretty loud (from what I read on reviews other laptops like the Lenovo X1 Extreme are even louder), so while it is portable, it might be a little bit intense to use at a coffee shop/coworking space.
For those interested, shameless plug to where I rambled about the experience, and getting Arch installed (which isn't an officially supported OS but worked fantastic):
https://vadosware.io/post/starting-my-journey-with-the-system76-oryx-pro-and-arch https://vadosware.io/post/starting-my-journey-with-the-syste...
- Fire-Dragon-DoL 7y agoWhat problem did you have with cooling? Mine has been working fine, but i can't help but feel terrified when looking at temperatures while gaming. It's been holding for 2 years though, so i guess it's fine...
- hardwaresofton 7y agoMine was DOA -- it would overheat within minutes of being started up, a cooling unit wasn't starting/working at all. Yeah, I see high temps while gaming, but nothing crazy actually (~80C). I actually have a second smaller laptop as a sort of redundancy just in case, but if it's been good for you for 2 years maybe it's fine. I do have the newer model they just started making so I assume your model is shaped different as well.