System76 saw your many comments and they're going to deliver. The Pangolin is making a return, powered by all AMD.
Every time they announce something, there's plenty of comments here and across the web asking them for more AMD units and so the Pangolin will deliver with an AMD Ryzen 7 6800U processor and AMD Radeon 680M graphics too. If that's not enough to make you drool it also has a 144Hz display, with compatibility for DDR5 RAM and PCIe 4.0 NVMe storage. They also bumped up the battery to 70Wh with a claim of "up to" 10 hours battery life, but possibly longer.
All sounds pretty good!
Over email they also mentioned they heard your privacy calls, so it will also have a physical hardware privacy switch to fully disable both the webcam and microphone.
Tech specs:
- Operating System: Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS or Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
- Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 6800U: 2.7 up to 4.7 GHz - 8 Cores - 16 Threads.
- Display: 15.6′′ 1920×1080 FHD, Matte Finish, 144 Hz.
- Graphics: AMD Radeon 680M.
- Memory: 32 GB LPDDR5 @ 6400 MHz.
- Storage: 2 x M.2 SSD(PCIe NVMe). Up to 4TB total.
- Expansion: 3 × USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A, 1 × USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C, SD Card Reader.
- Networking: Gigabit Ethernet, WiFi 6E, Bluetooth 5.2.
- Video Ports: HDMI 2.0.
- Camera: 1.0M 720p HD Webcam.
- Battery: Li-Ion - 70 Wh.
- Dimensions: 14.59′′ × 9.76′′ × 0.71′′ (37.06 × 24.79 × 1.80 cm).
- Weight: 3.95 lbs (1.79kg).
Buyers receive "lifetime support" and it will start at $1,299. They've begun something of a teaser campaign for it, with no exact release date set just yet.
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The Pangolin is making a return
I'm... not exactly sure about how we should feel about this.
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Glad to see this happening, though the StarLabs offering (StarFighter) is superior to this with more ram, better screen, better web cam, and larger battery.
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Glad to see this happening, though the StarLabs offering (StarFighter) is superior to this with more ram, better screen, better web cam, and larger battery.True, but if you want to have a AMD processor in it, it starts at 2k dollars, so it is a different price category. I have to say though: between System76 and the others, the linux laptop space is improving rapidly and it seems that most vendors are starting to ship AMD laptops with very good-looking spec sheets.
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Lost me at the 16:9 screen resolution. That really needs to become extinct on laptops. Even for watching movies, extra space is great for displaying controls so actions like pause do not interfere with content viewing.
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nadrolinux Jan 14, 2023
Really nice spec. I would like to see more Rembrandt based laptops without dedicated GPUs even from "Windows only" friendly vendors, so it's really good that "Linux friendly" vendor provided that laptop. A lot of laptops have really stupid spec.
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Hmh, 1300 isn't that much actually. I wonder if there will be ones with german keyboard layouts :D.
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I have to say though: between System76 and the others, the linux laptop space is improving rapidly and it seems that most vendors are starting to ship AMD laptops with very good-looking spec sheets.I'm a portables enthusiast, and though I won't be in need of any new hardware for a long time, it makes me happy every time I see how much better the Linux laptops and handhelds landscape is becoming so quickly, and how many options we now have.
It's worlds away from even just a handful of years ago!
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I just got my wife the Lenovo ThinkBook 13s Gen 4 AMD (13") Arctic Grey 21AS001AUS, which was on steep discount for Black Friday. It's another good Linux option, but of course you need to do the install yourself.
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Pangolins are cute ambulatory pine cones. What's not to like?The Pangolin is making a return
I'm... not exactly sure about how we should feel about this.
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Pangolins are cute ambulatory pine cones. What's not to like?The Pangolin is making a return
I'm... not exactly sure about how we should feel about this.
Oh but the beast is lovely. I have issues with the promiscuity between pangolins and people though. Especially chinese people.
I'd like pangolins to not return and just be left where they naturally belong.
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True, but if you want to have a AMD processor in it, it starts at 2k dollars, so it is a different price category.
The Starfighter also packs a 4K+ display, and a Ryzen 7 6800H, not U.
And it's so better lookin than this S76 Pangolin.
But it still is quite expensive...A 2000+ € laptop with no dedicated GPU is a bit high for me. Even if the Radeon 680M is a very good iGPU.
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Regardless of this vs the Starfighter, it's terrific to live in an age of high quality Linux hardware choices (S76, Starfighter, Tuxedo/Slimbook, HP Dev One, Dells, Framework, etc) 
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That said, as someone who has purchased two S76 laptops in the past, has used 3:2 and 16:10 displays for my last few laptops, and has a Starfighter on order, I personally won't go back to 16:9 for something of significant cost. Waiting for S76 to update those displays....
Last edited by iiari on 16 January 2023 at 12:53 am UTC
.That said, as someone who has purchased two S76 laptops in the past, has used 3:2 and 16:10 displays for my last few laptops, and has a Starfighter on order, I personally won't go back to 16:9 for something of significant cost. Waiting for S76 to update those displays....
Last edited by iiari on 16 January 2023 at 12:53 am UTC
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The Starfighter also packs a 4K+ displayWhich is more of a downside in my book. Who would need 4k on a tiny 15" screen?! 1080p is 150 PPI, which is already OK in my book. 1440p may be intersting to some, but 4k is just overkill while decreasing battery life. And that's not even considering the still occurring scaling issues...
I find the pangolin quite interesting, now i only would need to be in the market for a laptop ^^
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The Starfighter is also available with a higher refresh (165Hz) 2560x1600 screen as well, which is what I reserved mine with, as I agree with you about 4K and would rather have the higher refresh and lower battery consumption.The Starfighter also packs a 4K+ displayWhich is more of a downside in my book. Who would need 4k on a tiny 15" screen?!
Last edited by iiari on 16 January 2023 at 2:05 pm UTC
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The Starfighter is also available with a higher refresh (165Hz) 2560x1600 screen as well, which is what I reserved mine with, as I agree with you about 4K and would rather have the higher refresh and lower battery consumption.The Starfighter also packs a 4K+ displayWhich is more of a downside in my book. Who would need 4k on a tiny 15" screen?!
With higher refresh rate you probably won't save battery life anyway, but regardless of battery life, the higher refresh rate definitely gives you more visual improvement than the higher resolution.
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The Starfighter is also available with a higher refresh (165Hz) 2560x1600 screen as well, which is what I reserved mine with, as I agree with you about 4K and would rather have the higher refresh and lower battery consumption.The Starfighter also packs a 4K+ displayWhich is more of a downside in my book. Who would need 4k on a tiny 15" screen?!
I don't game on my PC, so a high refresh rate isn't a priority for me.
I prefer a 4K+ display, because it's scales nicely at a 2:1 ratio.
I worked on a Macbook Pro with "Retina Display" for 5 years and I really got acustomed to the sharpness of HiDPI screen, and a 16/10 ratio.
I wanted to leave Apple to go the Linux way, but I really needed a close enough spec'ed PC to make the switch.
I eventually bought an Asus Vivobook Pro 16X OLED, with a 4K+ OLED display, which runs Ubuntu quite well.
Still, it's not "Linux native", but it's good enough. I keep my eye on the Starfighter though.
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