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Did I understand what you said at the end correctly, are you willing to commit to buy 8 million dollars worth of laptops?

rdl 11y ago
Yes. (and then sell them, obviously, ideally for much more than $8mm)
- deleted 11y ago
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- Drdrdrq 11y ago
  You think there is a market for 10k of those? </sceptic>
  - rdl 11y ago
    Not as random laptops, no.
    - Drdrdrq 11y ago
      If you see a market oppurtunity like this, I suggest you go for it. There are many companies which will make you a custom laptop for such a quantity. Good luck!
      - vinceguidry 11y ago
        The problem is the brand specification. Nobody wants unbranded laptops.
        sbarre 11y ago
        I (anecdotally) disagree. I'd love to have a good-spec laptop that had no logos or branding on it.
        irixusr 11y ago
        Agreed. I love Apple's hardware (much more than their user interface), but I dislike being in public with a giant glowing half eaten apple.
        vinceguidry 11y ago
        It's not so much the logos or the branding, it's the build quality. I used to run Ubuntu on old ThinkPads, ditched it like an ugly girlfriend once I could afford a Macbook Pro. Old ThinkPads were a step up from commodity PC laptops, which were a step up from desktops. In a brief fit of FOSS zeal I bought a System76 Galago Pro, but the build quality was so inferior to a Macbook Pro that I relegated it to desktop duty. If I felt the need to move off of Apple hardware for whatever reason for my primary ride, it'd be back to a ThinkPad. Rdl specified Dell or Lenovo also for the reason that the supply chain for those two ecosystems are well-developed enough that providing customer support won't be a huge hassle.
        sbarre 11y ago
        I totally agree with what you're saying here.. That's why I sand "good spec" laptop. ;-) But yes the question is whether or not that actually exists.
        vinceguidry 11y ago
        If there was then System76 would be using that provider. Actually, if there was, then everybody else's laptops wouldn't be so horrible, either.
  - jimhefferon 11y ago
    I'd seriously consider it. It would not be a sole criteria, but it is important to me.
- robk 11y ago
  This is a perfect scenario to test the demand will kickstarter
Roritharr 11y ago
Thats what happens if you take your privacy seriously. You buy one-off Laptops that you can use like paper tissues.

rdl 11y ago

Yes. (and then sell them, obviously, ideally for much more than $8mm)

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Drdrdrq 11y ago
You think there is a market for 10k of those? </sceptic>
- rdl 11y ago
  Not as random laptops, no.
  - Drdrdrq 11y ago
    If you see a market oppurtunity like this, I suggest you go for it. There are many companies which will make you a custom laptop for such a quantity. Good luck!
    - vinceguidry 11y ago
      The problem is the brand specification. Nobody wants unbranded laptops.
      - sbarre 11y ago
        I (anecdotally) disagree. I'd love to have a good-spec laptop that had no logos or branding on it.
        irixusr 11y ago
        Agreed. I love Apple's hardware (much more than their user interface), but I dislike being in public with a giant glowing half eaten apple.
        vinceguidry 11y ago
        It's not so much the logos or the branding, it's the build quality. I used to run Ubuntu on old ThinkPads, ditched it like an ugly girlfriend once I could afford a Macbook Pro. Old ThinkPads were a step up from commodity PC laptops, which were a step up from desktops. In a brief fit of FOSS zeal I bought a System76 Galago Pro, but the build quality was so inferior to a Macbook Pro that I relegated it to desktop duty. If I felt the need to move off of Apple hardware for whatever reason for my primary ride, it'd be back to a ThinkPad. Rdl specified Dell or Lenovo also for the reason that the supply chain for those two ecosystems are well-developed enough that providing customer support won't be a huge hassle.
        sbarre 11y ago
        I totally agree with what you're saying here.. That's why I sand "good spec" laptop. ;-) But yes the question is whether or not that actually exists.
        vinceguidry 11y ago
        If there was then System76 would be using that provider. Actually, if there was, then everybody else's laptops wouldn't be so horrible, either.
- jimhefferon 11y ago
  I'd seriously consider it. It would not be a sole criteria, but it is important to me.
robk 11y ago
This is a perfect scenario to test the demand will kickstarter

Roritharr 11y ago

Thats what happens if you take your privacy seriously. You buy one-off Laptops that you can use like paper tissues.