Starlabs StarFighter 16-Inch

“If I need to pay an extra 1400$ for a specific Linux laptop with the same specs it's vastly less competitive.”

“The fact that this somehow has 3 USB-A ports immediately makes it completely irrelevant to me.”

“You will not get that 20 hour battery life with the AMD, unfortunately.”

“Yay, a 16 inch laptop with the keyboard and pad in the middle!”

“These laptops are also kind of expensive for the specs, they can afford to increase the prices.”

“Really nice laptops, I might still get one, but this sort of lying irks me.”

“I think we're at the point where the inclusion of USB-A is a demerit.”

“When you're getting to the point where a MacBook is a better deal it's a tough sell”

“there's usually not enough room, so this is a good compromise”

“More practical, better screen, coreboot, first class Linux support”

“most Linux compatible, custom firmware and support”

“I love the specs and the design - worth a try for business use!”

“120hz is great because it can play video/film natively.”

“That keyboard layout is a deal breaker for me.”

“the laptop itself looks rather neat, especially the battery runtime”

“the unique part of this laptop that AFAIK a Dell XPS won't have is the Coreboot BIOS”

“Performance yet only 64GB of RAM? Seems late by several years.”

“This laptop looks to be more in line with a MacBook in terms of build quality, with a price to match.”

“the price of 4200$ is out of reach for me unfortunately”

“Has almost everything I want, full size cursor + dedicated home/end/pgup/pgdown but fingerprint sensor would have been nice”

“the trackpad feels really snappy and precise, and the 120hz display also helps making it feel really smooth when scrolling”

“the only trackpad that approaches macbook levels”

“these are the most refined Linux flagship hardware manufacturers in the world”

“Starlabs is at least as repairable as framework, older, and coreboot.”

“An ISO keyboard with the big enter key is definitely a plus!”

“Finally someone made a laptop with PgUp/PgDn/Home/End column, like Toshiba!”

“The key on the top right corner of the keyboard being the poweroff button instead of the Delete key gets an instant NACK from me.”

“they're based in Europe and from personal experience they have really good customer service”

“looks exactly like my MBP M3 - and that's a compliment!”

“I like it both for the peace of mind that the webcam is off”

“I noticed they offer all the storage upgrades at or below retail cost.”

“Switzerland and the EU by law require a minimum of a 2 year warranty.”

“I wasn't aware that generic laptops had moved to haptic touchpads and up-firing speakers over ten years ago”

“it's a novel way to have both a decent webcam and thin bezels without notches”

“For the price I was expecting actual wifi 7 (802.11be standards compliant) and USB3.2 10 Gbps capability on the type A ports.”

“This StarFighter offers neither Lunar Lake nor Panther Lake, so 18 hours is probably only under really ideal circumstances.”

“if you put it in sleep mode maybe. why do people keep lying about battery life?”

“Same-size cursor keys (with the whole line and without any distinction) is such an ill-design decision.”

“It looks like the best option for somebody who wants a great laptop and doesn't want a Mac.”

“The repair-friendly StarBook and StarFighter line might interest you.”