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I'd like to get an Adder, but.... (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by vuwu@alien.top to c/system76@hardware.watch

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So I'm looking for a Linux laptop to replace my trusty old 2013 Macbook Pro which is now EOL. I could use some faster hardware anyway. I looked at the Adder, and it seems like it has almost everything I want. Open firmware, good documentation, etc. However there's just one little thing...

The display. My MBP has a 2560x1440 display and I love it because when I'm coding in CLion, Intellij or whatnot I have lots of screen real estate. But the Adder only goes up to 1080p. I could go all the way up to a Bonobo, but I really don't want to lug around a 17" laptop anymore. I'm getting old.

So, my question is this... anyone moved from a Retina display back down to 1080p and had major problems with it? Any fellow coders miss the extra screen real estate? Or am I worrying over nothing?

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[–] 10_socks@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I recently struggled for the past 1.5 months trying to figure out if there was a Linux laptop out there that I could get that would tick all the boxes; excellent display, compute power, some graphics performance for simulation-based stuff, etc., good battery life. It was indeed a struggle, though System76 is getting there. You might consider the Oryx Pro. It's a bit smaller than the Bonobo, resolution is a bit better than the Pangolin, but I still think it would be tough to justify over something with much better resolution like a new Macbook Pro. If you absolutely want to stick with a linux machine that has great overall performance with a great display, I think TUXEDO's InfinityBook series could be a good consideration. I realize that's not a System76 machine, but could be worth looking at.

I ended up getting the new MBP...but I'm excited to see what System76 does with the Virgo project.