New thinkpenguin laptop
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Well well well...
What do we have here?
https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/snares-penguin-gnu-linux-notebook
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Looks like a good computer; 7 hr battery, fast processor, and 1080 screen.
I like removing the battery when I have an outlet. It's nice that the battery is in the centre-back and not on a corner, so that the laptop sits firm even without the battery.
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That looks niiiiice.
Is it compatible with coreboot?
Also, use libre.thinkpenguin.com to order, and 25% of the profit goes to Trisquel.
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According to the coreboot wiki only a few chromebooks and thinkpads are compatible. So I highly doubt it.
Anyway, I think you don't want to pay 1000 $ and having the risk of an broken device when flashing.
On 11/08/13 13:52, ahj wrote:
> Well well well...
>
> What do we have here?
>
> https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/snares-penguin-gnu-linux-notebook
>
> My freedom is ready
Nice specs. :-) But it is a little heavy... it's around the same weight
as my current laptop. Which isn't too bad, but I want a lighter laptop
for my next one. I'm still considering the other TP laptops though.
Oh well, you can't please everyone. Nice one Chris, best of luck on sales!
Andrew.
I wish Christ will accept a layaway payment plan for those family members living on tight budget, such as me.
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Sorry for the delayed response to everybody's posts. I've been busy busy. Send me a message if there are any other forum topics/posts you would like a response to.
Here are the pictures that were requested.
https://www.thinkpenguin.com/files/snares/IMG_5743.JPG
https://www.thinkpenguin.com/files/snares/IMG_5745.JPG
https://www.thinkpenguin.com/files/snares/IMG_5746.JPG
https://www.thinkpenguin.com/files/snares/IMG_5747.JPG
https://www.thinkpenguin.com/files/snares/IMG_5749.JPG
There is a decent chance we will have out a 14" lightweight ultrabook model by the end of the year. Keep in mind that predicting the future is haphazard at this point. We are waiting for Intel's finalization of some of the Haswell lineup.
In regards to the coreboot question. Porting coreboot is a non-trivial project and a big one at that. We have more expertise in-house now that may be able to do it eventually although I don't foresee porting coreboot to any system in the near future. The task is just huge and we need to grow the company to a point where it'll actually be able to do this and more, and still have it be worthwhile (ie repeatable). If we start such a project it'll be many many months from now. It probably wouldn't happen with the current generation. I think our next focus will be a new router. A smaller project that has a much higher chance of success.
All the major features of the the laptop will work with Trisquel 6- obviously.
As usual 25% of the profits will go the Trisquel project if you use libre.thinkpenguin.com to order or mention it in an email/phone order.
Chris, is possible to sell free software friendly laptop with 32GB of RAM like Alienware? And desktop with 64GB of RAM?
I'm curious which scenario needs so much ram, especially on trisquel.
Somethings need too much RAM :-D
Like open one large image in GIMP or many vectors and effects in Inkscape, video editing in HD or 4K, etc.
It's only curiosity, but now I'm using 2GB of RAM with Trisquel 64-bit :-D
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Free software friendly laptops with the standard two slots are currently limited to 16GB of ram. This may increase to 32GB if they release 16GB chips. The desktops can support at least 32GB in two slots. 64GB may be possible where there are four slots.
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>There is a decent chance we will have out a 14" lightweight ultrabook model by the end of the year.
Would I be correct in saying it could be something very similar to this?
On 22/08/13 03:21, Chris wrote:
> There is a decent chance we will have out a 14" lightweight ultrabook
> model by the end of the year. Keep in mind that predicting the future
> is haphazard at this point. We are waiting for Intel's finalization
> of some of the Haswell lineup.
Sounds interesting, keep us updated... :-)
There is a decent chance we will have out a 14" lightweight ultrabook model by the end of the year. Keep in mind that predicting the future is haphazard at this point. We are waiting for Intel's finalization of some of the Haswell lineup.
Hi Chris,
I am very close to ordering the Snares laptop from your company. I was just wondering whether you got any ultrabook model or not at this point of the year.
Robert
I can't imagine what 32 GB of RAM could be used for.
My Mac mini is plenty fast with 2 GB of RAM. (That's all it can address, sadly.)
What's the year? DDR, DDR2 or DDR3? With DDR2 you can put 4GB probably. Apple lie. Many Macbooks support 16GB of RAM but Apple say it support only 8GB.
Here is the model: http://lowendmac.com/2006/mac-mini-early-2006/
I bought it used with 2 GB of RAM, and I upgraded the processor to a 2 GHz Core 2 Duo.
The Mac mini has 2 RAM slots, the first one had a 2 GB RAM stick in it, so I tried putting a 512 MB stick in the other slot. When I pressed the power button, it didn't turn on. Removing the added stick solved the problem.
In this case is true because it uses DDR with two slots. I think the max of DDR RAM is 1GB.
That's strange, because I'm sure it uses DDR2; it has one 2 GB RAM stick. I may have linked to the wrong model.
You can try to put another 2GB RAM or search about this.
Probably your Mac Mini support 4GB of RAM.[0]
Some Macbooks and Mac Minis "up to 8GB" support 16GB. [1]
[0] http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/mac-mini/
[1] http://www.gizmag.com/macbook-pro-2011-models-support-16gb-of-ram/18135/
This looks AWESOME. Sometimes I feel I can't wait until my HP notebook "breaks" so I can buy a GOOD notebook from ThinkPenguin. ;-)
Oh my goodness... I feel the same way O_O
:-)