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If it wasn't for the 16:9 screen I'd buy it in an instant. Specs are sufficient for me, the battery life sounds enticing and the screen is matte. I'm just curio

by emsy 7y ago

If it wasn't for the 16:9 screen I'd buy it in an instant. Specs are sufficient for me, the battery life sounds enticing and the screen is matte. I'm just curious if I'm the only one that has such a strong preference for a less wide screen ratio.

jacek 7y ago
No, I would also love a laptop with 3:2 or 16:10 screen. And a Ryzen 4000 APU. Actually System76 might offer self manufactured laptops with AMD Ryzen in the future [1]. I hope they will consider a better display then. Currently they are basically rebranding Chinese laptops (like Clevo). [1] https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=System76-AMD-Laptop-Possibility https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=System76...
- pengaru 7y ago
  Is this Lemur Pro yet another marked-up rebrand?
  - jacek 7y ago
    Looks like Clevo L141CU [1] [1] https://www.clevo.com.tw/clevo_prodetail.asp?id=1264&lang=en#tabs-1 https://www.clevo.com.tw/clevo_prodetail.asp?id=1264&lang=en...
- e12e 7y ago
  Looks like Microsoft surface with ryzen 4000 might be comming. Will be interesting to see if it fares any better than previous Gen vs Intel, though: https://www.anandtech.com/show/15213/the-microsoft-surface-laptop-3-showdown-amd-picasso-vs-intel-ice-lake https://www.anandtech.com/show/15213/the-microsoft-surface-l... Rumor: https://www.techradar.com/au/news/amd-ryzen-4000-powered-microsoft-surface-device-may-be-coming-soon https://www.techradar.com/au/news/amd-ryzen-4000-powered-mic... Still waiting for full touch support for surface pro 4 in mainline Linux - other than that it's a pretty snazzy machine. The keyboard is great (if not quite IBM era thinkpad great.. But what is?). Would prefer a matte screen though.
  - Koshkin 7y ago
    > comming OT: I wonder if this should be spelled with a 'k'.
coldpie 7y ago
No, I would _love_ to go back to 4:3. Maybe not for a laptop, but I desperately miss height. Except for very high end displays, we've spent a decade stuck at 1080 or fewer vertical pixels. Meanwhile way back in the early 2000s we had more vertical pixels (1600x1200).
- jbverschoor 7y ago
  Still have my fpw2405. The extra 120 pixels make a difference
memco 7y ago
The display is my concern as well. However, for me, it's that there's no option for better than 1920*1080. I'd like a high dpi option. Everything else looks great.
- tomnipotent 7y ago
  I was beyond excited to see they finally got rid of that infernal 9-key, but 1920x1080 resolution in 2020 is a deal breaker. Not even an option to upgrade to QHD or better. So close to getting my money System76, so close!
  - Koshkin 7y ago
    > 1920x1080 resolution in 2020 is a deal breaker This resolution is perfectly fine up to 17" (for humans, anyway).
    - driverdan 7y ago
      For you. Plenty of us aren't interested in lower resolution screens when you can get a laptop with one that's better.
    - tomnipotent 7y ago
      Put a 1920x1080 display next to any Mac and tell me it's "perfectly fine". The difference is massive.

by emsy 7y ago

jacek 7y ago

No, I would also love a laptop with 3:2 or 16:10 screen. And a Ryzen 4000 APU. Actually System76 might offer self manufactured laptops with AMD Ryzen in the future [1]. I hope they will consider a better display then. Currently they are basically rebranding Chinese laptops (like Clevo). [1] https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=System76-AMD-Laptop-Possibility https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=System76...

pengaru 7y ago
Is this Lemur Pro yet another marked-up rebrand?
- jacek 7y ago
  Looks like Clevo L141CU [1] [1] https://www.clevo.com.tw/clevo_prodetail.asp?id=1264&lang=en#tabs-1 https://www.clevo.com.tw/clevo_prodetail.asp?id=1264&lang=en...
e12e 7y ago
Looks like Microsoft surface with ryzen 4000 might be comming. Will be interesting to see if it fares any better than previous Gen vs Intel, though: https://www.anandtech.com/show/15213/the-microsoft-surface-laptop-3-showdown-amd-picasso-vs-intel-ice-lake https://www.anandtech.com/show/15213/the-microsoft-surface-l... Rumor: https://www.techradar.com/au/news/amd-ryzen-4000-powered-microsoft-surface-device-may-be-coming-soon https://www.techradar.com/au/news/amd-ryzen-4000-powered-mic... Still waiting for full touch support for surface pro 4 in mainline Linux - other than that it's a pretty snazzy machine. The keyboard is great (if not quite IBM era thinkpad great.. But what is?). Would prefer a matte screen though.
- Koshkin 7y ago
  > comming OT: I wonder if this should be spelled with a 'k'.

coldpie 7y ago

No, I would _love_ to go back to 4:3. Maybe not for a laptop, but I desperately miss height. Except for very high end displays, we've spent a decade stuck at 1080 or fewer vertical pixels. Meanwhile way back in the early 2000s we had more vertical pixels (1600x1200).

jbverschoor 7y ago
Still have my fpw2405. The extra 120 pixels make a difference

memco 7y ago

The display is my concern as well. However, for me, it's that there's no option for better than 1920*1080. I'd like a high dpi option. Everything else looks great.

tomnipotent 7y ago
I was beyond excited to see they finally got rid of that infernal 9-key, but 1920x1080 resolution in 2020 is a deal breaker. Not even an option to upgrade to QHD or better. So close to getting my money System76, so close!
- Koshkin 7y ago
  > 1920x1080 resolution in 2020 is a deal breaker This resolution is perfectly fine up to 17" (for humans, anyway).
  - driverdan 7y ago
    For you. Plenty of us aren't interested in lower resolution screens when you can get a laptop with one that's better.
  - tomnipotent 7y ago
    Put a 1920x1080 display next to any Mac and tell me it's "perfectly fine". The difference is massive.