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Not gonna lie, very underwhelming compared to what's coming out from other manufacturers... Even a budget brand like Acer is releasing Ryzen 7000 chipsets and

• ploxiln 4y ago
  The Ryzen 7000 mobile lineup includes chips based on Zen4, Zen 3+, Zen 3, and even Zen 2 cpu cores, and using RDNA3, RDNA2, and even Vega graphics! An Acer with a Ryzen 7000 series chip could easily have the same or older cpu core or graphics arch, as the Zen 3+ and RDNA2 in Ryzen 6800U. https://www.anandtech.com/show/18718/amd-2023-ryzen-mobile-7000-cpus-unveiled-zen-4-phoenix-takes-point https://www.anandtech.com/show/18718/amd-2023-ryzen-mobile-7... (and honestly, Zen 3 and RDNA 2 are damn good anyway)
  • Mikeb85 4y ago
    The teaser says 8 cores/16 threads so likely will be at least equivalent. With a much better screen. And cheaper.
• teaearlgraycold 4y ago
  System76 is a brand for ideologues. They ship laptops with FOSS UEFI. That’s their gimmick.
  • Mikeb85 4y ago
    I mean, I like Linux and am a bit of an ideologue... I want System76 to succeed and want to buy a laptop from them but I also like using nice hardware.
    • linhns 4y ago
      I think you get what you pay for. Nicer hardware = more expensive. Maybe if this is successful the System76 will consider fast-tracking Ryzen 7000.
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      • Mikeb85 4y ago
        Except System76 charges premium prices for subpar hardware... Like they don't have anything built as nicely as a Dell XPS or a ThinkPad Z or X1 Carbon. Even Acers look more premium...
        • stcroixx 4y ago
          I bought one less than a year ago. I took the budget for a macbook and spent it maxing out a system 76 laptop. Double the memory, over double the storage, ample USB ports, not really sure what's subpar about what I'm using. Best laptop I've ever had by far. Regarding looks, I don't know or care.
          • teaearlgraycold 4y ago
            Compared to a MacBook I’m sure your battery life is meager. And the memory bandwidth (which may not matter at all for your use cases) will be minuscule compared to Apple Silicon. But those are general non-MacBook issues.
        • benatkin 4y ago
          What the heck is their problem?!?! Surely a company 10 times the size of Dell could produce just as nice of a laptop design... I think a Linux-only laptop is pretty cool, even if it has some tradeoffs.
        • nortonham 4y ago
          they're charging more, but I always assumed that's because they're a smaller company based in the US paying US wages. Also a while back they mentioned that they wanted to build everything here in the US. They also support linux, coreboot, etc. I think there are people out there willing to spend money to support something they care about.
• ciupicri 4y ago
  Does that really exist? All I see is: > Pick your perfect Swift Go 14 AMD > Search for your Swift Go 14 AMD by features or browse the products below. > Results: 0
  • Mikeb85 4y ago
    I mean, the System76 discussed also isn't available at this exact moment either...