The pricing on these seems comparable to a standard Windows-based laptop. Are you looking at these for cost reasons or just to replace Windows?
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nicholas Istre Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 9:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [brlug-general] system76? I've been using last year's System76 Serval Professional (serp5 model), and it's been my main workstation since April 2009; It's been a solid Ubuntu setup for me. I wrote a rather glowing review of the system a while back here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9609884#post9609884 One update since then, I did get to test 802.11n on it and have to say that is still problematic. I had to get the backported drivers and it will connect for a while, but it would eventually just die and required the module to be reset. Disabling 802.11n support keeps it with a very solid 802.11g 54 Mbps connection though. Hopefully, Intel figures out the issue, but I'm fine with g wireless support for now (and really, I'd rather plug in to Gigabit ethernet anyways). Other than the update, I still stand behind what I wrote in that post. My next purchased system (that I'm not building myself) will very likely be from System76, but I can still see myself getting many more years out of this Serval Pro 5, especially by replacing the CD drive with a second harddrive and upgrading the RAM to 8 GB DDR3. -Nick On Mon, 2011-01-03 at 20:30 -0600, Ronnie Gilkey wrote: > Hey y'all, > > Anybody out there using any system76 systems? I've been considering > them as a replacement for some end-user desktop and laptop systems. > They have a responsive forum and an active community surrounding them. > I've also read several good reviews about them and was curious if > anyone had any hands-on experience with their products. If so, would > you recommend their systems (which one(s) did you use?), and what > pros/cons have you found with the products? > > Thanks, > > ronnie > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
