Hello fellows,

I’m currently looking in 13-14" laptops with no immediate needs for one but just because it’s exciting. I love my Dell XPS but I feel I should support companies with which I share more common views. I could make the effort to go a with a less attractive look (especially for bezels) but I don’t want to go wrong with hardware so what are your thoughts on Framework, Starlab, Purism, and System76? I’ll be running Arch and I tend to have a preference for Framework for now.

Do you have feedback (positive and negative) to share on any of these companies?

Thanks for the knowledge you’ll bring me. That’ll be extremely useful when time comes to go with a new machine.

  • www-gem@lemmy.mlOP
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    9 months ago

    Great to hear! Going with AMD is something I’ve tried to do for a long time but I was not lucky with availability, I’ll definitely take the opportunity to do so with the next laptop!

    • Pogogunner@kbin.social
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      9 months ago

      It’s been a bit, so I forgot some details, but my order was a pre-order

      Framework Laptop 13 DIY Edition (AMD Ryzen™ 7040 Series)
      System: AMD Ryzen™ 5 7640U
      Quantity: 1
      Price: $711.00
      DDR5-5600 - 16GB (2 x 8GB)
      Quantity: 1
      Price: $80.00
      WD_BLACK™ SN770 NVMe™- M.2 2280 - 250GB
      Quantity: 1
      Price: $39.00
      Bezel - Black
      Quantity: 1
      Price: $39.00
      Input Cover Kit - US English
      Quantity: 1
      Price: $99.00
      Power Adapter - 60W - US/Canada
      Quantity: 1
      Price: $49.00
      Limited-edition pre-order bonus
      Quantity: 1
      Price: $0.00

      USB-C Expansion Card
      Quantity: 2
      Price: $18.00
      USB-A Expansion Card
      Quantity: 2
      Price: $18.00
      Ethernet Expansion Card
      Quantity: 1
      Price: $39.00
      MicroSD Expansion Card
      Quantity: 1
      Price: $19.00
      Shipping $0.00
      Subtotal $1,111.00