System76 ME Firmware Updates Plan

Re:System76 ME Firmware Updates Plan by djsumdog on Thursday November 30, 2017 @04:00PM (#15819494)

There was another comment on another threat that said that, although they do buy Clevos, the cheaper ones Clevos sells aren't up to the same specs. They also order really specific hardware for their branded laptops that have known working drivers. Either that or they work on getting the correct binary blobs working and merged into the official linux-firmware package.

Things like getting newer drivers working (and contributing that openly back to the community) plus getting ME disabled are some pretty big value added. If they had a 4k model I might be more interested.

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Re:System76 ME Firmware Updates Plan by cassidyjames on Thursday November 30, 2017 @05:54PM (#15820412)

System76 employee here! We do have a number of HiDPI models.

Galago Pro (https://system76.com/laptops/galago) is probably our most popular, and its resolution is 3200×1800—not technically 4K, but the right resolution for that small of display.

Oryx Pro usually has a 4K HiDPI option, but it looks like it's currently sold out. Our WS models also have 4K options, but they're pretty specialized machines.

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Re:System76 ME Firmware Updates Plan by phaus on Thursday November 30, 2017 @11:57PM (#15822029)

Things may have changed in the last year or so, but plenty of System 76 Clevos have been notorious for problems in the past. I'd be interested in knowing that things have improved significantly because I'll probably be upgrading to a new laptop around the middle of next year.

For me probably the biggest issue is that they usually have mediocre keyboards and sometimes they even have keyboards that drop keystrokes. It seems like every model they release should have a top-notch keyboard because their target market is mostly developers.

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