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by chatterhead 1379 days ago
Congrats! Pop_OS rebuilt in Rust?? Sounds pretty sweet.

Really wish I had enough money for a System76 PC. Go on there at least 10 times a year and build out a PC or two just to dream...

Sorry for abandoning my cart with ridiculous PC specs built for one of those hoodie wearing hackers in media photos.

Edit: I'm posting too fast so for the person commenting on what boards they use...

https://tech-docs.system76.com - here is your answer.
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myself248 1379 days ago
They used to sell keyboards too, but there's no keyboards section in the store anymore.

However, if you configure a computer and add a keyboard, add the whole thing to your cart, then go into your cart and remove the computer, the keyboard is still there and you can proceed to checkout.

I'm not sure if this is intentional.

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throwingrocks 1379 days ago
They still sell keyboards. https://system76.com/accessories/launch

I’m not sure why there isn’t a tab in their nav bar, but they’re featured on the home page.

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pyuser583 1379 days ago
Wow those look really nice!
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listic 1379 days ago
Are their desktop PCs built around standard boards? I presume their 'Thelio' is Mini-ITX form factor?

It sounds condescending of them to omit the exact model names of their hardware in their 'tech specs' section. I, for one, would like to know what exact model of motherboard I would be getting when I choose 'AMD' or 'Intel Advanced' in the 'Platform' section. Same goes for RAM, SSD, etc.

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twblalock 1379 days ago
The exact model? That seems like a higher standard than other computer companies are expected to meet. It sounds like you ought to build your own PC if you care about every single component.
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listic 1379 days ago
Maybe you're right. I never bought a PC from any of the name brand 'computer companies' and maybe there's no sense to start now.

Just wanted to compare their Thelio mini PC to my last PC setup in a NCASE M1* Mini-ITX case and found that their 'tech specs' page (intentionally?) lacking.

*NCASE M1 cases are discontinued, but are widely available secondhand.

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pbhjpbhj 1379 days ago
I looked at a Thelios, they have great info on GitHub including top-down images of the system internals, https://media.githubusercontent.com/media/system76/tech-docs...

On this one you can see they use a Gigabyte X299 Aorus Ultra Gaming Pro.

However, it's common to do replacements, so am exact model is only going to be possible with bespoke systems IME.

Did you try asking, most people only want a specific bundle of features and don't care about the model numbers per se.

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