<story><title>New system76 laptop: Oryx Pro</title><url>https://system76.com/laptops/oryx</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>vikingcaffiene</author><text>I own one of these as my daily driver. Its... fine.&lt;p&gt;Pros&lt;p&gt;- dead simple to upgrade the hardware. I was able to get 32GB of RAM and 3 1TB hard drives installed with no hassle or voiding of warranty.&lt;p&gt;- its a beast of a machine when you spec it out capable of any workload you throw at it.&lt;p&gt;- linux support is 1st class (obvs)&lt;p&gt;- all aluminum chassis&lt;p&gt;- the display is nice even tho its only 1080p&lt;p&gt;- the keyboard key action is nice. I have a thinkpad for work and they are similar feel.&lt;p&gt;- PopOS is amazing.&lt;p&gt;- the backlit keyboard is cool&lt;p&gt;Cons&lt;p&gt;- you cant use external monitors without the NVIDIA card enabled which requires a reboot. This is the single largest failing IMO and is more annoying than you&amp;#x27;d think it is.&lt;p&gt;- you only get about an hour of battery life with the NVIDIA card enabled making it totally useless to keep on unless you plan on using this thing like a desktop all the time.&lt;p&gt;- its a rebranded Clevo laptop and kinda ugly. It feels cheap to me despite the aluminum chassis.&lt;p&gt;- the keyboard layout is weird. The number pad is unnecessary.&lt;p&gt;- the speakers suck. Seriously. Like my headphones lying on my desk sound better&lt;p&gt;- web cam is crappy&lt;p&gt;- the screen itself feels flimsy&lt;p&gt;- I dual boot into windows and its a second rate experience there.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>vosper</author><text>&amp;gt; - you cant use external monitors without the NVIDIA card enabled which requires a reboot. This is the single largest failing IMO and is more annoying than you&amp;#x27;d think it is.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; - you only get about an hour of battery life with the NVIDIA card enabled making it totally useless to keep on unless you plan on using this thing like a desktop all the time.&lt;p&gt;With these 2 caveats I&amp;#x27;m surprised you still think it&amp;#x27;s fine! I guess it depends on your work situation and pain tolerance. If I had to toggle graphics cards and reboot every time I detached or re-attached my laptop from&amp;#x2F;to my desk-with-external-monitor setup... Well, I wouldn&amp;#x27;t be happy about that.</text></comment>
<story><title>New system76 laptop: Oryx Pro</title><url>https://system76.com/laptops/oryx</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>vikingcaffiene</author><text>I own one of these as my daily driver. Its... fine.&lt;p&gt;Pros&lt;p&gt;- dead simple to upgrade the hardware. I was able to get 32GB of RAM and 3 1TB hard drives installed with no hassle or voiding of warranty.&lt;p&gt;- its a beast of a machine when you spec it out capable of any workload you throw at it.&lt;p&gt;- linux support is 1st class (obvs)&lt;p&gt;- all aluminum chassis&lt;p&gt;- the display is nice even tho its only 1080p&lt;p&gt;- the keyboard key action is nice. I have a thinkpad for work and they are similar feel.&lt;p&gt;- PopOS is amazing.&lt;p&gt;- the backlit keyboard is cool&lt;p&gt;Cons&lt;p&gt;- you cant use external monitors without the NVIDIA card enabled which requires a reboot. This is the single largest failing IMO and is more annoying than you&amp;#x27;d think it is.&lt;p&gt;- you only get about an hour of battery life with the NVIDIA card enabled making it totally useless to keep on unless you plan on using this thing like a desktop all the time.&lt;p&gt;- its a rebranded Clevo laptop and kinda ugly. It feels cheap to me despite the aluminum chassis.&lt;p&gt;- the keyboard layout is weird. The number pad is unnecessary.&lt;p&gt;- the speakers suck. Seriously. Like my headphones lying on my desk sound better&lt;p&gt;- web cam is crappy&lt;p&gt;- the screen itself feels flimsy&lt;p&gt;- I dual boot into windows and its a second rate experience there.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>pmontra</author><text>&amp;gt; The number pad is unnecessary.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;d pay a 100 Euro extra to remove the number pad and center the keyboard and the touchpad. Having to slide any laptop to the right is so annoying (the space bar must align with the center of the body, no matter what.)</text></comment>