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   Daniel James  writes:   
      
   > On 20/10/2025 00:13, Daniel wrote:   
   >> Has anyone here looked at, or purchased, a one up rpi laptop? I've   
   >> read a few reviews of it and, while it appears to be a solid product,   
   >> I'm a bit turned off by the cooling fan next to the heat sync. Is that   
   >> fan absolutely necessary for users never intending on overclocking the   
   >> cpu?   
   >   
   > I have now received my Argon One Up and had the chance to play with it   
   > a bit.   
   >   
   > The CM5 has a thermal pad to connect it to the metal cover that acts   
   > as a heatsink, but the cover doesn't get more than slightly warm in   
   > operation. The fan does not come on in normal use, but I should stress   
   > that I haven't exactly thrashed the CPU -- I'm not overclocking and I   
   > haven't tried any heavily compute-intensive tasks.   
      
   Is the fan removable?   
      
   > The CM5 does not support a power-saving mode, so closing the lid can't   
   > put it into a sleep state. When the lid is closed the display is   
   > blanked and there is an option to power down after a few minutes   
   > (default 5). That's not idea if you're used to carrying a laptop   
   > around in sleep state for rapid restart (I'm not: I always power down   
   > for security reasons, so it doesn't bother me).   
   >   
   > All in all it's a well-made unit. The screen is nice (and bright) and   
   > the keyboard is not awful. The touchpad is also not awful, I've used   
   > better but I've also used much worse.   
   >   
   > One gripe is that the SSD bay has screw holes for retaining an 2280,   
   > 2260, or 2242 M.2 SSD, but not 2230 (so guess which size I wanted to   
   > fit). 2230 will work, but without a retaining screw it could work   
   > loose.   
   >   
   > I thought, at first, that my webcam was broken, but I discovered that   
   > there is a (tiny) slider that puts it into "privacy mode"; with that   
   > in the correct position it works nicely.   
      
   My previously new laptop (now my wife's) has that slider built in. On   
   previous laptops I would use the self adhesive plastic slider cam covers   
   that vendors give out at symposiums. Got a pile of them. I was delighted   
   to see laptops including them by design.   
      
   > One quirk I haven't solved yet is that a USB mouse is recognized and   
   > works correctly if plugged in after booting, but if it is connected   
   > before startup it is not recognized. I have also not yet managed to   
   > boot from an SD card (USB stick is fine) but I have only tried one   
   > card and there may be an issue with its contents. Reading/writing the   
   > SD card after booting from SSD works fine.   
   >   
   > I'm not sure that the One Up is very good value with the current crazy   
   > prices for Raspberry Pi kit with high RAM capacity and for SSDs (it   
   > was good at the kickstarter price) ... but I suppose other laptops   
   > will suffer similar price-hikes, too.   
      
   Pi500+ is $260 now. I don't dare look at what the one-up cost is.   
      
   Daniel   
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