A little gift to yourself for the holidays perhaps? System76 just announced their AMD Ryzen 8945HS powered Pangolin laptop upgrade. They say the "all-aluminum build feels pristine in your hands" and you'll benefit from a higher resolution screen too.
The main specs:
- AMD Ryzen 8945HS CPU (8 cores, 16 threads).
- AMD Radeon™ 780M integrated graphics.
- Up to 96GB DDR5 5600Mhz RAM.
- Up to 16TB NVMe storage.
- 16" 16:10 2K display (120Hz / 100% sRGB).
- Up to 6 hours battery life.
- Privacy killswitch for camera.
- USB-C charging.
The base model comes in at $1,299 with 16GB RAM and a 500GB PCIe M.2 SSD.
System76 press said: "Whether kicking butt or kicking back, the Pangolin is a great all-around laptop with a beautiful display and premium build quality. While its pristine build makes for a great everyday laptop, the AMD-powered Pangolin also specializes in graphic design and content creation workflows, plus some relaxed gaming."
You can grab one from the System76 store.
System76 also have a holiday sale on right now. Until January 7th you can get up to $400 off certain hardware. This includes discounts on laptops, desktops and keyboards. Maybe time to treat yourself to the customizable System76 Launch keyboard?
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
As for desktops, I'm seriously considering a system76 for my next one, which will be next year after the radeon 8xxx cards are launched. It'll just depend on price.
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