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Con Touchpad is not as accurate as on windows
Sadly like most newer laptops with Linux the touchpad sensitivity is too much, causing jumping mouse issues as well as inaccurate mouse actions. This of curse is caused by the lack of mouse drivers from the mousepad manufacturers leaving Linux devs to backwards engineer the drivers into the kernel. With time the mouse should get better, but is no help currently.
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Con Hardware issues are common for System76 laptops
Laptops in multiple instances have arrived defective or started experiencing issues within the first few weeks of use. Notably, ZaReason, a company that, like System76, does not manufacture laptops themselves and instead relies on rebranding Clevo's laptops, has not had as many issues with their laptops, suggesting that the laptops System76 resells are those that don't pass Clevo's quality assurance yet are in working condition.
Con Bad customer support
Multiple people have reported that the customer support is subpar. Support often tries to avoid replacing defective laptops, applies temporary or wrong fixes and generally avoids taking responsibility.
Con Works well with Ubuntu and its derivatives only
System 76 laptops have stability issues with any other operating than Ubuntu or its derivatives, like Mint.