Comments on: System 76 Lemur Review

By: Paul Salmon

Paul Salmon — Wed, 26 May 2010 06:36:22 +0000

This looks like a nice system. I like the fact that it's priced about half as much as a Macbook Air. Unlike the Macbook Air, you can even order an extra battery with the Lemur.

Yep, I agree that it looks generic. Whatever happened to the Ubuntu circle logo like the old 13 inch System 76 laptop? That was more cool. Too bad I didn't order one before it was discontinued.

I can't tell what color the Lemur is from the picture. A choice of different colors would be nice. Maybe black, white or silver? I think it would be really cool in Camo with a flat black Ubuntu circle logo. Just an idea.

By: george

george — Tue, 25 May 2010 10:57:56 +0000

You could rearrange the keys into AZERTY yourself, keys can usually be pried off and during setup, select french for the keyboard.

By: Bart

Bart — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 00:49:07 +0000

I’ve had my eye on this machine and am wondering what kind of battery life it has. Looking for a new system76 machine that is thin and light and has a long battery life.

By: Bob Jones

Bob Jones — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:19:56 +0000

No chiclet keys, no sale for me I’m afraid.

By: Patrick D.

Patrick D. — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:02:19 +0000

I’m curious about one little thing. Is the modem all set up and working ? There is not a lot of internal modems that works right away in the linux world. So I wonder if System76 have taken care of that.

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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:16:18 +0000

[...] System 76 Lemur Review In conclusion, I think the Lemur is a beautiful machine, and combined with what I consider a beautiful Operating System, particularly with the new fit and finish of Lucid. When running the Lemur it really feels like great design in hardware and software meeting well. I would happily recommend this machine to others. [...]

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:40:31 +0000

What kind of battery life are you getting out of it? I’m getting to be more interested in my ability to be away from a plug than I am HDD size, RAM, and processor speed.

By: Pat Roth

Pat Roth — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:06:32 +0000

Did you try dual VGA? It’s the main reason so far for me being faithful to nvidia graphics card …

By: Christoph

Christoph — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:34:07 +0000

Say what? This laptop is is only Intel… graphics included.

By: Kris Bloe

Kris Bloe — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:31:03 +0000

Out of interest, how was the default install partitioned on the hard drive? Did they separate /home? If so, what ratio did they have it as? I can see a fair number of users being unhappy with the manufacturer’s choices in this department.

That said, they can’t really help that… so it all sounds pretty good