[PLUG] System76

[John Jason Jordan]

On Fri, 5 Sep 2014 13:22:02 -0700
Mark Phillips <mark at phillipsmarketing.biz> dijo:

<Replying here in a new thread>

>Not to hijack your thread, but how do you like your Bonobo Extreme? I
>am thinking of getting new System 76, and I am deciding between the
>Gazelle Pro or maybe the Bonobo Extreme. However, the Bononbo Extreme
>looks like a beast, and may not be that portable. Is this your first
>System 76, or have you used them in the past? I have been happy with
>lots of Dell laptops and servers, but the new XPS 15 is a nice system,
>but has a real heat problem, and I don't need another space heater in
>the house.

Cons:
1) 	It is heavy. At about 5 kg I can carry it around, but if you
	add textbooks, notebooks, and other paraphernalia of life
	today, it is a lot to schlepp around.
2) 	It is big. Won't fit in most backpacks. I bought a separate
	bag for $25 at Fry's. 
3) 	The power brick is bigger than some entire computers, and
	heavy, and expensive.
4) 	It is a niche market. This is not a Thinkpad where spare
	parts abound for a song.

The pros:
1)	It is amazingly customizable. There are two hard drive bays
	and two mSATA slots. Today you can populate it with 3 TB, and
	as capacity increases you can add even more.
2)	You can get cutting edge components - the latest nVidia
	chips, Intel i7 CPUs, up to 32 GB RAM, etc.
3)	System76 is Linux only; they ship with straight Ubuntu, but
	all the components should work with any distro. You are
	supporting open source vendors.
4)	System76 service and support has been excellent, although my
	current video problem may tax their abilities. Ubuntu has a
	complete forum just for System76, and System76 monitors it and
	responds just about daily.
5)	It is damn freakin' fast. If I disable the login screen mine
	boots from cold to ready to go to work in eight seconds. With
	the login screen it boots to login in about seven seconds, and
	after I enter my password and hit enter the screen is ready in
	just one second more.

Overall I am very pleased and can't wait to get mine back.