Here's another source. <a href="https://liliputing.com/2017/01/kde-slimbook-linux-powered-laptop-780.html" rel="nofollow">https://liliputing.com/2017/01/kde-slimbook-linux-powered-la...</a> the i7 upgrade with 16mb looks good, though I'd prefer better screen resolution.
This is great. The only trouble is that it's only got two USB ports and no Ethernet. Secondarily, the USB ports are only 3.0 not 3.1.<p>Other than that, having a stable KDE Neon hardware platform is really exciting to me. I run KDE Neon full-time on my Macbook Pro.<p>Any other KDE Neon fans out there?
Why does the KDE Slimbook have a Windows key?
<a href="http://kde.slimbook.es/images/xheader.png.pagespeed.ic.WfFJLBvEwO.png" rel="nofollow">http://kde.slimbook.es/images/xheader.png.pagespeed.ic.WfFJL...</a><p>Could they not get a Tux or even the KDE Gear icon printed on the keyboard?
KDE announcement: <a href="https://dot.kde.org/2017/01/26/kde-and-slimbook-release-laptop-kde-fans" rel="nofollow">https://dot.kde.org/2017/01/26/kde-and-slimbook-release-lapt...</a><p>Slimbook site seems to have collapsed under the internet's hug.
<a href="https://slimbook.es/en/store/slimbook-kde/kde-intel-i7-comprar" rel="nofollow">https://slimbook.es/en/store/slimbook-kde/kde-intel-i7-compr...</a><p>Feel like for the price, you could get a comparable laptop that's a hair lighter and just throw KDE onto it. The only thing I see on there that makes it inherently more FOSS-friendly is the inclusion of an Intel wifi card, that has a kernel-supported driver in Linux.<p>I'm also not too keen on the bezel size. I guess I've been spoiled by my XPS 13.
I was super excited about this until I saw it was another 13" screen. Does anyone enjoy using a screen that small (honest question)? To me anything under 15" just doesn't make sense, especially if 50% of my time is spent without an external monitor.
Website isn't loading for me but seems to be cached.<p>Text only: <a href="http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:kde.slimbook.es&num=1&strip=1&vwsrc=0" rel="nofollow">http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:kde.sli...</a><p>Full cache: <a href="http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3Akde.slimbook.es&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8" rel="nofollow">http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3Akde.s...</a>
Not again. I do wish the KDE project would stop getting distracted by quixotic hardware and/or mobile projects and concentrate on building a killer desktop. I hate to say it but parts of KDE today do feel <i>worse</i> than what we had ten years ago e.g. kmail2/akonadi which causes me pain on a daily basis.
While this sounds interesting, unless there is:<p>- a user friendly support/bug reporting channel<p>- some sort of promise that actual found bugs will be resolved with a higher priority<p>- sane configurations + nice themes out of the box<p>Unless all of those are offered, I don't see any draw to buying this. The way I see it, this is something only early adopters would get. There's no guarantee that things will work smoothly out of the box. If I'm going to be paying for a KDE branded device, then I'd need to be convinced that the experience would be better than buying a nice, "Linux compatible" (per reviews, whatever) notebook and just installing Neon on it myself. This is what Apple and Microsoft (with their Surface line) do and while neither are perfect, everyone I know <i></i>feels<i></i> safer buying those brands. And in the end, that's the biggest driving force in decision making for normal consumers.
This looks remarkably similar to the HP Envy that I bought in 2015: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B015AD1ZFA/" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B015AD1ZFA/</a> The HP has a slightly different port arrangement on the sides and a higher resolution screen.<p>I'm sure the cost supports the KDE project, but you could buy the HP, install Linux yourself (if you're buying one of these you are probably capable of installing your own OS), and donate $50 to the KDE project and come out ahead-- assuming you live in the USA and can get the old Envy for $715.
I see an overpriced Chinese ultra-book with a weird laser etched logo. I was mildly interested until seeing the price point. 4GB ram and a dual core i5 for $800 is crazy in 2017.<p>Not sure who they're expecting to buy this.
Is there anything like this with 3x3 MIMO wifi and a hi-dpi screen? my 13" macbook pro is great but not sure if I could go backwards on those 2 points right now.
My Asus UX303 looks almost identical to this (the only difference I could find is small bevel underneath touchpad). Is UX303 then also a rebrand of some generic model?<p>My current experience is that it's great linux laptop even though it's not supported (comes with Windows). It's fast and snappy, very light, robust and nice to use. Keyboard is bad, touchpad is meh. Screen is very sharp and comfortable. Speakers are surprisingly useful.
Just curious if anyone considering this has compared it to the Chromebook Pixel 2015 model. The Pixel is discontinued now but still available (and for half of its retail price). It seems like the two machines target a similar audience.
> 729,00 € = $1021 CAD!<p>There's just no way this is going to compete with Chromebook which you can install Ubuntu as well or buying any slightly older laptops and installing ubuntu.<p>what is the minimum cost of such "slim" devices? I'm optimistic that Chromebook will come down in prices and armed with built in cellular connectivity with ARM processor for that all day battery life is the ultimate dev tool.<p>I enjoy using last year's macbook but I equally enjoyed using Ubuntu on my older laptop for development purposes.