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FYI, a small change in the Gold Pro fan covers; the bottom one is the prototype, and the top is the final version. So far, the change is no worse (and hopefully is better) than the bottom version. Definitely looks symmetrical.
We will be optimizing fan + heat + performance very soon
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FYI, a small change in the Gold Pro fan covers; the bottom one is the prototype, and the top is the final version. So far, the change is no worse (and hopefully is better) than the bottom version. Definitely looks symmetrical.
Judging by the information above, it is too early to buy this box. I think you should develop it a little more and do research and development. Don't use your customers for testing.
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I chose to wait until it is released before I buy. I would rather know exactly what every spec is before I spend my money.
I also want to see reviews done by a diverse set of customers to see how it performs. Not sure what bug might exist in the first version.
Would like to see a rev2 with the features asked for by folks in this thread. The design seems like it was set in stone before this thread was created. None of the suggestions seemed to be included in the design.
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@mikehuxley,
- you should be able to use an external USB storage with this unit;
- WiFiSD works with the unit.
- No plan for WiFi 7-based WiFiSD yet. Most of failover wifi are pretty slow ...
@adem
To be clear, we are NOT asking the community to test. A while back we did a poll of the look of the fan holes, and this is just to respond to the comments received, and hopefully, more people will like this version
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I personally am absolutely fine with the approach taken by Firewalla in this pre order approach. I do not feel we are being used, if anything I am really happy they are doing this. Feel free to stand at the side if you are not comfortable, it's not for everyone , but if you are, please can you keep the opinions to yourself please. Firewalla are not making you do it, however if you decide to, they are giving you up to $260 off and an extra 6 months warrenty to say thank you. In my book, that is a nice incentive
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Firewalla releases quality products and I have yet to regret committing to their products during these initial sales; hard part now is waiting the 8 or 9 months for the final product to ship, but understand that this time is being used for development, testing, and QA.
I also appreciate the relationship that Firewalla has with us; very uncommon to find this day and age.
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If you are curious about the 7 months wait
- Hardware certification. (happening now)
- Manufacturing tooling. (the metal case, for example, needs costly molds to produce)
- Manufacturing (mostly waiting for parts and the PCB)
- Shipping (port to port is 45 days or more)
- Lots of buffering :)
- It is fairly easy to produce 100 units (beta for example), but for mass production, it takes a lot of work
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I second the vote for the black limited edition, perhaps similar style and finish as the other models :)
And as much as I am in the “passive cooling” camp, I love my Gold so much and have such a tremendous respect for the Firewalla team and their approach and ability to execute that I couldn’t resist and preordered the Pro, super excited!
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