I’d pay more for hardware made in Europe that’s upgradeable and doesn’t come with windows or other bloatware preinstalled.
I won’t buy hardware from USA or China.
Easy. Raspberry Pi. Made in UK, doesn’t come with bloatware, Windows, or even any OS (unless you buy the kit that comes with Raspberian pre-installed).
It’s also upgradable (or at least expandable) through its many available connections.
Not feasible as a daily driver but it meets the specified requirements.
It will have components made in China but it will be hard to avoid that for pretty much anything made of more than a few different materials.
Alternative answer is the Framework laptop, made in Taiwan, can also be ordered without an OS or even without a hard drive (DIY version that you assemble yourself). You can then be picky about the other parts you buy, it’s possible to buy RAM, SSD, etc not made in China.
I’m planning on getting a framework laptop in Canada.
I have an original framework I got via freight forwarding as they don’t sell to my country. Later they went hard and really locked down their systems against freight forwarding, so I can’t get a newer model. I was really keen for the 16 inch AMD one.
What hardware do you have now?
they have the same shit as everybody else, because we don’t have a choice (yet)
Most of my hardware is made in Taiwan or South Korea at the moment. Im sure some components are from china.
Honestly I wouldn’t consider a laptop from Palmer Luckey.
In 2017, Luckey left Oculus and founded military contractor Anduril Industries, a military technology company focused on autonomous drones and sensors for military applications
Oh that’s who this is.
Came to say the same. Who cares what the hell he dose.
No. And especially not from him
Not if Anduril or Palantir go anywhere near it
Relative to what? I’d pay a 20% premium relative to a comparable laptop made in China, especially given that I don’t know where US-China relations are going, and I’m not really keen on the idea of being bought into a line that slam into sanctions.
I don’t know if I’d pay a 20% premium relative to a comparable laptop made in Canada or Germany or another country that we’re not at odds with.
But my larger concern is really what characteristics a laptop has.
I used to buy Thinkpads, which is a once-IBM line now owned by the Chinese Lenovo. I switched away from them not primarily because they were Chinese, but because it has become difficult to find modern Thinkpads with large batteries. Apparently, Lenovo’s customers would rather even shave off a bit of price (though lithium batteries are pretty inexpensive these days) or want the laptop to be lighter.
I’d like to have a Thinkpad-style Synaptics touchpad with a Linux-friendly three physical buttons. That’s an American company, though I suspect that they probably don’t have an American supply chain, and I don’t even know if they manufacture in the US.
I’d like a 100 Wh battery.
I’d like to have a centered keyboard, and don’t care about having an integrated numpad.
I’d like to have the ability to make a laptop’s screen somewhat-brighter than my last Thinkpad, as it can be hard to see outside.
I don’t care about weight or thickness.
he co-founded a military tech firm called Anduril Industries that has primarily focused on the development of autonomous systems
If you’re targeting government/military clients, yeah, I suspect that they’d be willing to pay a 20% premium.
Everyone in here acting like this is some moral conundrum they need to take the high ground on. Me, im just sitting here thinking, I dont give a fuck if its made by child pedofile terrorists as long as it isnt mad3 by microsoft Samsung Google or apple ill take a fuckin swing at it. Ive hired line cooks for sales positions who ran circles around the other salesmen in their hiring class.
