<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>otter-in-a-suit</author><text>While I do like my Gazelle a lot, to add to the GPU issues: It is capable of running 2x 3440x1440 with the internal screen on, but &lt;i&gt;not if one of them is used vertically&lt;/i&gt;. As in, it will work, just not rotate. Once you close the lid (and disable the internal display), it suddenly works. That is something that just amazes me. Does it take that much more GPU power to run a large screen rotated 270 degrees?</text></comment>