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I noticed that system 76 uses the same models as Schenker and Tuxedo.

by I_am_tiberius 6y ago

bcrosby95 6y ago
Last I looked System76 gets their laptops from Clevo. Not sure if Schenker does the same.
- scns 6y ago
  They are from clevo
  - baybal2 6y ago
    I doubt, Clevo has no 4* Ryzens yet
    - simlevesque 6y ago
      All of the System76 laptops only have Intel processors. https://system76.com/laptops https://system76.com/laptops I wish System76 had ryzen 4000 and an amd GPU...
    - scns 6y ago
      Those are 3* Ryzens
  - lhl 6y ago
    This laptop is a Tongfang chassis and it’s basically the same laptop as the Schenker Via 15. Someone already linked to the comprehensive Notebookcheck review, but here’s a review of how the Schenker plays out of the box with Linux: https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxhardware/comments/fmzch5/schenker_via_15_first_impressions/ https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxhardware/comments/fmzch5/schen... Note, the internals are similar to the 14” (Walmart) Motile M142s that have been selling for as low as $300 since last winter. There’s a 4000H refresh of the 14” being released next month as well (Mechrevo S2 Air), see my previous post for links to the details.
- chrismorgan 6y ago
  What are the keyboards like on these things? My previous laptop (bought May 2014) was Clevo¹ (Horize W550SU-1), and its keyboard was OK but not great at the start, poor within one year (lost all crispness of feel) and close to unusable (spongy all over, activation issues in a few of the most commonly typed keys and especially the space key) within two. Now I have a Surface Book, whose keyboard feels great, but it has two major problems: ① a modal Fn key (where tapping it, which happens all the time by accident, toggles its mode); and ② its matrix is awful: typing at full speed, it likes to drop and transpose letters in some words (e.g. “mouse” may come out as “moes” or “moeu”!) because it can’t handle even 3-key rollover properly. For my next laptop I’d consider a Clevo build because they do tend to check the boxes nicely in most regards (e.g. https://www.metabox.com.au/store/b249/Metabox-Multimedia-Photo-Pro-15-Laptop https://www.metabox.com.au/store/b249/Metabox-Multimedia-Pho... looks great on paper: AU$2,000 for 15″ with 4K IPS and other good specs; touch/pen support is the only thing I would expect to miss), but unless I have reason to expect the keyboard is better than the one I experienced, I’m leery. — ¹ At the time I was price-sensitive but wanted a decent screen, my first laptop having been a second-hand HP 6710b with a 1680×1050 screen; I was not willing to accept 1366×768. For a 1920×1080 IPS panel, the cheapest brand-name option was around AU$1,400, but a Clevo one at AU$1,000 had better specs all round save for using integrated graphics rather than a dedicated graphics card, which was plus for me as I didn’t need dedicated and would prefer to save the battery life, weight and bulk.
  - bcrosby95 6y ago
    I probably don't use my keyboard enough to really know. My system76 laptop is a desktop replacement and 99% of my use with it is with external keyboard/mouse/monitors.

I noticed that system 76 uses the same models as Schenker and Tuxedo.

bcrosby95 6y ago

Last I looked System76 gets their laptops from Clevo. Not sure if Schenker does the same.

scns 6y ago
They are from clevo
- baybal2 6y ago
  I doubt, Clevo has no 4* Ryzens yet
  - simlevesque 6y ago
    All of the System76 laptops only have Intel processors. https://system76.com/laptops https://system76.com/laptops I wish System76 had ryzen 4000 and an amd GPU...
  - scns 6y ago
    Those are 3* Ryzens
- lhl 6y ago
  This laptop is a Tongfang chassis and it’s basically the same laptop as the Schenker Via 15. Someone already linked to the comprehensive Notebookcheck review, but here’s a review of how the Schenker plays out of the box with Linux: https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxhardware/comments/fmzch5/schenker_via_15_first_impressions/ https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxhardware/comments/fmzch5/schen... Note, the internals are similar to the 14” (Walmart) Motile M142s that have been selling for as low as $300 since last winter. There’s a 4000H refresh of the 14” being released next month as well (Mechrevo S2 Air), see my previous post for links to the details.
chrismorgan 6y ago
What are the keyboards like on these things? My previous laptop (bought May 2014) was Clevo¹ (Horize W550SU-1), and its keyboard was OK but not great at the start, poor within one year (lost all crispness of feel) and close to unusable (spongy all over, activation issues in a few of the most commonly typed keys and especially the space key) within two. Now I have a Surface Book, whose keyboard feels great, but it has two major problems: ① a modal Fn key (where tapping it, which happens all the time by accident, toggles its mode); and ② its matrix is awful: typing at full speed, it likes to drop and transpose letters in some words (e.g. “mouse” may come out as “moes” or “moeu”!) because it can’t handle even 3-key rollover properly. For my next laptop I’d consider a Clevo build because they do tend to check the boxes nicely in most regards (e.g. https://www.metabox.com.au/store/b249/Metabox-Multimedia-Photo-Pro-15-Laptop https://www.metabox.com.au/store/b249/Metabox-Multimedia-Pho... looks great on paper: AU$2,000 for 15″ with 4K IPS and other good specs; touch/pen support is the only thing I would expect to miss), but unless I have reason to expect the keyboard is better than the one I experienced, I’m leery. — ¹ At the time I was price-sensitive but wanted a decent screen, my first laptop having been a second-hand HP 6710b with a 1680×1050 screen; I was not willing to accept 1366×768. For a 1920×1080 IPS panel, the cheapest brand-name option was around AU$1,400, but a Clevo one at AU$1,000 had better specs all round save for using integrated graphics rather than a dedicated graphics card, which was plus for me as I didn’t need dedicated and would prefer to save the battery life, weight and bulk.
- bcrosby95 6y ago
  I probably don't use my keyboard enough to really know. My system76 laptop is a desktop replacement and 99% of my use with it is with external keyboard/mouse/monitors.