AMD Laptops

[marros]

Will you be offering Dual core Opteron laptops anytime in the future?

[zachtib]

i'd like to see a Turion X2 laptop...

[crichell]

I'd like to offer an AMD laptop option at some point. AMD is very competitive and I'm particular fond of what they've accomplished - Being a real competitor to a monopoly.

[zachtib]

I'd like to offer an AMD laptop option at some point. AMD is very competitive and I'm particular fond of what they've accomplished - Being a real competitor to a monopoly.

I'd love to see a Turion X2 14 incher, and would likely buy one in a heartbeat (read: when I have money)

On an unrelated note, would it ever be possible for you to sell such a notebook as a barebones kit. I just love hardware, and sort of want to assemble it myself. Yes, I am insane

[crichell]

would it ever be possible for you to sell such a notebook as a barebones kit

A lot of people (especially forum dwellers :)) like building their own pc's. The problem we face with that sort of option is the confusion a standard consumer may face.

[zachtib]

A lot of people (especially forum dwellers :)) like building their own pc's. The problem we face with that sort of option is the confusion a standard consumer may face.

How about a "I certify that I do indeed know what I'm doing" checkbox? :)

Or, would it be possible to order an empty shell by emailing/contacting you directly? Again, I'd like to build it myself, but I'd also like to support anyone that's building Ubuntu Laptops, and I like the S76 branding on the Z/S62 as well.

[prana]

How about a "I certify that I do indeed know what I'm doing" checkbox? :)

Or, would it be possible to order an empty shell by emailing/contacting you directly? Again, I'd like to build it myself, but I'd also like to support anyone that's building Ubuntu Laptops, and I like the S76 branding on the Z/S62 as well.

I guess, I don't understand what you are requesting. If you want a barebones laptop, why would you want to buy from system76? System76 provides a specific service which is very attractive to me - the means of running ubuntu linux on well supported hardware something that can be pain to do given that most companies don't care about linux when they make laptops.

I personally would not like system76 to sell barebones systems but rather concentrate on their core competency which is selling a complete packaged solution for people who want to run linux on hardware that is well supported under linux.

As part of that, I commend them on trying to develop software for missing functionality (for example writing camera drivers for Gazelle) which is more useful. I would rather they focus on things like that.

Now if they can solve (with the help of X.org) the problem of restarting X whenever the laptop needs to be connected to an external monitor, I would be a reference for life. This technology has been in Windows for a long time and I am disappointed that the X group has not done anything to alleviate this problem instead choosing to focus on eye candy.

[crichell]

I think it's fine that people like to build their own laptops, desktops, etc. It's just not the business we're in.

You make a good point about restarting X - it's an annoyance of mine as well. I've heard that X is modularizing like the kernel. This would, I presume, solve the problem.