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Can you tell us what problems you ran into?
by colordrops 4y ago
Can you tell us what problems you ran into?
- blondin 4y agonot OP but... the trackpad sucks, it seldom works. the material feels cheap. the builtin speakers are a joke. the machine is very fast but the fan goes off like an airplane during compute-intensive tasks. the custom OS is annoying (but that's on me, i should have picked Ubuntu). the OS is annoying because you solve most of your issues with solutions, blogs, etc. written for Ubuntu. or Debian. i have 5 laptops. the system76 is the worst.
- RosanaAnaDana 4y agoOh yeah, I forgot to mention that I literally get made fun of for how loud my fans are, and that they are CONSTANTLY running. This machine would be unusable without over the ear headphones.
- RosanaAnaDana 4y agoOh man. So many. I don't want it to just be bagging on System76 and PopOS! though. I really bought in because I believed in the partnership, but I really believe that PopOS! has kinda 'lost track' of what they were trying to do. System76 issues: Battery life is basically a joke. I can't use the machine without it being plugged in. For the price, the trackpad/ keypad/ keyboard experience is not great. I've had dells with better trackpads. At the price point I paid ($2200 in 2020), they are not a premium experience. There have been no firmware updates to address issues like bluetooth or battery life. Considering its built hand in glove with PopOS, depending on what update you are on, various things just break every-time, like audio or the popshop, or bluetooth. That all being said, I'm an abusive owner, and its been a workhorse. I just can't recommend it based on its price-point. Everything just needs to be 'better', but mostly the hardware/firmware/OS relationship. I still want an 'it just works' linux machine. The System76/PopOS! combo isn't there yet.