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[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago

I wish them the best with the hardware, but the marketing and the pitch are just horrible. Even ignoring poor speach skills (combined with being nervous and non-native), this is exactly how I don’t like products to be advertised - a lot of boring numbers and specs, lots of magical marketing words, but nothing meaningful and practical.

Why would I care on how high they clocked that thing while there’s zero information on how games will actually run?

3-4h battery life is a bold promise, but what games and settings? Is that while pushing it to the limit, or is it average in tested games?

Very little being said about software. Cool, Linux 6.7 (so hyped for features of that particular kernel /s), you forgot to mention if it will ship with Mesa 24 and what Wayland protocols will it support. Seriously though, who the heck cares? How about integration with game launchers and store fronts? How would I know what that gamepad UI offers? How would the extended input work? Will it work with Steam Input or there’s an independent utility for controller mapping? If so, how complete comparing to Steam’s one? „We included touchpad” - cool, I noticed even two of them, but how usable they will be is a big unknown here.

120Hz is nice, but what about synchronization? Will the panel (and software) be VRR capable, or will it just vsync?

Is this even a product targeting gamers in general or Linux and tech enthusiasts specifically? Because if the intention was to impress gamers (especially interested in consoles) then it’s just showing how they don’t get that market.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

No just x86 AMD

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Does it have a touch screen? I can't find that anywhere. Also no price info.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I found a price info in the forums:

What price I can expect? Base Model 7840u 16GB/512GB will be 499$ or 4099 CNY Base Model 8840u 16GB/512GB will be 599$ or 4499 CNY

Edit: The same source says there is a touch screen

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Seems like there is zero difference between the 8840u and the 7840u. At least I can't find one. Why is it 100$ more then?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

As of this source, the difference is merely 3% in performance. Not worth it, IMO.