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We're about to build the Model S of computers. Something so brilliant and beautiful that reviewers will have to add an 11 to their scores. Being that we're System76 and we do things the System76 way, our design principles are polar opposite of the rest of the industry.
- Represent the character of our company
Our company is open, warm, friendly, and high-quality. Our designs reflect these characteristics.
- Represent the Open Source community
Our CAD work will be Open Source and our design will pay tribute to computer science.
- Easy to work on and expand.
At every step along the way we ask, "How does this decision affect serviceability". Open it, change it, expand it. Our product will be flexible.
- Efficient to manufacture
[...] We're starting with desktops. There's a lot to learn and the form factor is easiest to work with. Both design and CAD work are well along their way. We're prototyping with acrylic and moving to metal soon. Our first in-house designed and manufactured desktops will ship next year. Laptops are more complex and will follow much later.
It's going to take some years, but by the end of phase three, we'll be able to create anything. We'll apply our unique computers for creators perspective to every aspect of our products.
Also at: https://liliputing.com/2017/04/linux-pc-builder-system76-plans-design-manufacture-hardware.html
(Score: 5, Insightful) by jmorris on Thursday April 27 2017, @02:26AM (4 children)
I read this a few days ago. It is almost content free marketing speak.
As best as I can translate from the marketing Black Speech to English is they have a laser cutter and are experimenting with case design. If it goes well at some indeterminate future date they will graduate to actually making and selling generic desktop PC computers in cool looking custom cases preinstalled with Ubuntu and loaded to the gills with closed drivers for the Nvidia video cards almost everything they sell is afflicted with. Be still my heart. Much later, perhaps, they might ramp up their internal capability to build a laptop. Been over thirty years, not like people haven't done it before... we used to even do it in the USA, we even did it Deep in the Heart of Texas without Californicated hipsters telling everyone how awesome they will be in a few years. Kek willing we will again.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Lagg on Thursday April 27 2017, @03:21AM
When I opened that blog and saw the characteristic contentless youtube-adhd flow of the post I figured pretty much this. And you're correct. It really is just normal fab stuff being oversold to hell and back.
Robots and automation! Manufacturing efficiency will keep prices competitive. And like software development, our manufacturing will continuously integrate product design improvements into production.
i.e. a CNC mill and programmable arm
Also, they aren't very unique in the "imma open sauce the CAD files!" department. It's cool that they're offering. But just moot is all. Like saying "we'll give you a free cup with that water". They don't have complex unique designs that they've achieved vendor lockin with.
http://lagg.me [lagg.me] 🗿
(Score: 2) by Arik on Thursday April 27 2017, @04:05AM
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
(Score: 2) by Mykl on Thursday April 27 2017, @05:55AM (1 child)
Agree 100%. I'm surprised that this was actually posted, given it is basically a Trump election stump speech. "We're going to build something, and it will be awesome! Trust me!". Absolutely no content to back up those claims. No firm dates. No feature set. No price indication. No information.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 27 2017, @02:29PM
"We will build a computer, and we will make the Mexicans pay for it!" ;-)