They use the same image on their mini pc's page. https://us.starlabs.systems/pages/byte

Most devices still support S3 sleep, it's just disabled by default as s2idle (modern standby) has become the default. You can almost always re-enable S3 sleep if you really want to, but on modern devices it typically only takes a few seconds to resume from S4 (suspend-to-disk) which technically is safer and more reliable. Also you can always use suspend-then-hibernate if you really want fast resume during the day, but long battery life when it's more than an hour or so.

I can't imagine the supply chain challenges inherent to startup laptop manufacturers. I think it's "go with what you have access to at reasonable prices, or forget about it. "

This might be driven by coreboot support?

I have the Intel Core i9 in my 2019 MBP, and it gets so damn hot. How do the ones offered here compare? I'm not one to upgrade frequently, but the heat of this thing makes me go looking. Luckily, it sits on a stand on a desk with more 9s than github is up.

For sure, once you go OLED you don't go back. It's like going back to a mouse with a ball.

Does it ever worry you that all 8TB could fail in one place? Do you have redundant drives (like two 4TB or four 2TB drives)?

I'd be worried about having all of my storage in one place. I like to back up data to more than one place if it's important, and never have huge on-device storage because if something happens to damage it, I'm assuming it's game over for all on-device storage (rather than only part of it). I'd rather my storage was safe and cozy in some place far from where my laptops go.

But if you're not all that worried and happen to do data-intensive work or something, awesome, 8TB sounds like a dream.

The Dell XPS and Framework laptops already far exceed MacBook Pro battery life.

Based on my experience with the System 76 Lemur Pro coming from a Macbook Pro, matte helps a bit. You won't have mirror glare like on the Macbook, but the sun will still wash out the matte screen.

What else came out?

> Looks generic, and has the stereotypical abysmal keyboard and trackpad as any laptop made in the past 10+ years.

I wasn't aware that generic laptops had moved to haptic touchpads and up-firing speakers over ten years ago...

They claim it has a haptic trackpad, so I don't think that's what most manufacturers use.

Yes, the MNT Reform and Pocket Reform both have trackballs[1]. They're very different products from the StarFighter laptop though, in that they sacrifice a lot of potential processing power in exchange for a platform which is much more amenable to customization.

[1]: https://shop.mntre.com/

The MNT Reform has a trackball option.

https://shop.mntre.com/products/mnt-reform

Ive always wished for a UHK-style trackball in a laptop: https://uhk.io/product/trackball

you mean like the thinkpad trackpoint?

Looks like they're UK based. I don't know, but apparently tariffs etc are factored into the shipping fees shown on their site.

If you're not sure if you want to go Linux yet, it's probably best to try a live USB stick of a few distros on your existing hardware. Get a feel for what the interface is like, how things work, how it works on your hardware, etc, without actually changing anything. Seems like a better bet to me than buying all-new hardware.

Have you tried it out?

https://askubuntu.com/questions/629632/can-you-boot-ubuntu-s...

Check out System76 and Framework, they're based in the US and ship Linux machines.

A couple weeks ago, Framework livestreamed a rundown of their 13" laptop lasting over 20 hours on a charge. I can believe the 16" gets there too.

Light usage on low brightness? Nice to know it will last for a long flight.

I have no experience with cachyOS, so can't comment there, but I don't see the point in offering pre-installed Arch. I'd say most Arch users are fairly picky and opinionated about their setup, and would choose to reinstall anyway.

There isn't exactly a lot of design freedom in a black rectangle with a screen a keyboard and a touchpad. A real Macbook copy would include Macbook misfeatures, like:

- control key in wrong place - camera notch - half sized arrow keys

I think in reality it will look/feel a fair bit different due to the ceramic-coated material.

Asus has similar materials in recent models I believe; I rather like it.

What a boutique criticism

And what design would you rather them emulate?

why?

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This is satire, right?

I never use my numpad. I use the numbers in the top row of the keyboard.

I'd be super happy to yank my numpad out of my laptop, move the keyboard a little bit to the right and center align it with the center of the screen. My head would be centered with the middle of the screen too.

Unfortunately I had to settle with that keyboard because every other laptop was a worse tradeoff.

I never used it. Well, I lie, I did use it back in the day for playing some DOS games where you had to share your keyboard with your friend...

But all my keyboards have been TKL over the past 15+ years and I don't miss it. I don't know why anyone needs to use a numpad unless they're in a job where they work a lot with numbers. And if you're not in such a role, what is your hobby exactly that demands so much number punching?

Easy - by moving numpad to your main keyboard with a modifier so you don't need to move your hand just to type numbers

I bought a bluetooth 10-key. I use the home/end keys religiously when editing in an NLE, and it drove me crazy trying to be a road warrior without it. After having the external, I prefer it as it is full size instead of trying to squeeze it into the laptop frame size. So not having the numpad on the laptop is a-okay for me

I only use a number pad for playing a few games, and for bulk data entry. Neither of those use cases are something I prefer using my laptop for, and even on my desktops they're rare enough that I'd much rather have the number pad separate and largely out of the way.

What do you use a number pad for often enough to not only see it as mandatory for you, but to leave you unable to imagine how anyone could live without it?

I do number entry with the number row. 8 fingers > 3 fingers.

I do not understand why a numpad is considered a necessity by some. I never used it when I had them. Do you work in data entry?

For serious work, I'm docked and using a large monitor, split keyboard, etc. Many people make concessions when on a laptop.

What do you use yours for? All I’ve ever missed it for was the default Blender keybinds for the camera perspective