Jason, 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.
Thanks! Mark On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 1:04 PM, John Jason Jordan <[email protected]> wrote: > I can't believe that this all worked. > > My old computer was a Thinkpad T61 with Xubuntu 12.04, still functional, > but replaced last December with a new System76 Bonobo Extreme. The > Thinkpad went on a shelf. > > The Bonobo Extreme came with a 1 TB hybrid drive, but I added a 480 GB > Crucial mSATA SSD, which I used for / and /home. I never used the > hybrid drive. It currently runs Xubuntu 14.04.1. > > The Bonobo Extreme developed a problem which System76 and I agree is > most likely an intermittent GPU failure. This required shipping it to > California. It went out yesterday. But before shipping it back I > confirmed with System76 that it would be OK for me to remove the mSATA > drive, and I did so. > > The Thinkpad still boots 12.04, since nothing has been done to it after > getting the Bonobo Extreme. But not only is 12.04 older, it has none of > my current activity, all of which is on the mSATA. > > Last night I asked about getting an mSATA to USB enclosure: > > > On Thu, 4 Sep 2014 14:57:55 -0700 > > wes <[email protected]> dijo: > > > > >frys.com claims it's in stock in wilsonville. > > > > Do you mean this one? > > > > http://www.frys.com/product/7996390?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG > > This morning I bought it. Indeed, my mSATA drive fits and it works. But > here is the best part: I plugged it into the Thinkpad and booted to it. > Not only did it boot, but there was not even the slightest hiccup. I > expected the video at least to be messed up, but the screen came up > exactly as it looked on the Bonobo Extreme. > > S now System76 can take as long as they need to fix the Bonobo Extreme. > I am a very happy camper! > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
