CaseSensitive, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago)

I have the same feelings. I was in the market for a laptop after a long time of desktop use only. I went for it because I love the idea of owning my hardware without any corporate bullshit. But the whole laptop feels very beta, which can be OK, but the price is also quite high.

Pros:

• formfactor, I love the screen
• switches for camera and mic
• open source & Linux
• Firmware Updates are a breeze
• easy access to hardware
• you can use your own ram and disk
• Magnets, everywhere

Cons:

• They promised shipment early Q3 for batch 1, I got it early Q4
• opening the laptop is quite hard, the groove is to small/finicky
• I hate the expansion cards. They are too hard to pop out, you need so much power to get them out.
• only four ports, that’s if you don’t count your power supply. Very weak
• clicking with the TouchPad is very mid, borderline bad
• restarting causes my power supply to stop working, I need to unplug and insert it again. And I mean I need to unplug the power supply, not the laptop.
• graphics problems, constant noise artifacts
• default sound is very bad, search for equalizer Configs, it makes the speakers bearable
• black screens where I need to close the lid, wait for sleep and open again for me to be able to work again
• Fingerprint reader does not work
• General Linux Problems, Kubuntu has a few issues, other distros might have a better experience
• no worldwide shipping. I’m waiting for my visa for Japan and won’t be able to get any shipping of replacement parts over there.

On a sidenote, I probably broke my screen a few days ago while trying the fix/debug the graphics/noise problems. I don’t know how I fucked up, but 5cm of the screen is permanently black now… On a positive note, replacing it supposedly is quite easy. I hope they ship it fast.