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Darter Pro 9th Gen ordered!! (alien.top)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I just ordered the Darter Pro Gen 9, with the i7 and 3-year warranty support. I read countless reviews, all the bad and all the good, and I looked at several different laptop brands and the different ultraportables that System76 offers. I decided on the Darter Pro; it ticks all of the boxes I would want in a laptop.

The extended warranty is expensive, but it is worth it to me. Every computer I have bought, I have always bought an extended warranty, and I have had to use it in some capacity. I'm going to be using it as my daily driver; this will include progamming and cybersecurity-related stuff that I work on. I'm super excited to join the System76 club!

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

welcome Darter pro 6 user for past 4 years only complaint i have is trackpad is irritable and gets in way of typing even with setting to disable when typing turned on .With regards to battery i am not keen on batter life when i purchased as my use is a desk laptop not for on the go or commute. It performs like well oiled machine till now no complaints.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Three weeks ago I purchased the Darter pro 9. The mouse jumping around while I am typing is driving me crazy. I would describe it as a major problem. I assume and hope that I need to adjust some of the trackpad or mouse timing settings, but have no idea what to adjust them to. I have set the "disable when typing" setting that you mentioned both ways and have not noticed any difference.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Another option is fn+f1 key disable trackpad completely and switch on when needed is the approach I follow