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> Who are you going to get your laptop from now of you ignore all of those - especially if you're going to reinstall your OS immediately anyway? Clevo. They ar
by morganvachon 8y ago
> Who are you going to get your laptop from now of you ignore all of those - especially if you're going to reinstall your OS immediately anyway?
Clevo. They are a whitebox laptop manufacturer so you will find they are OEM for several smaller brands like MSI, Sager, and others. Yes they are Chinese market, but every laptop is made in China these days, even the big American names, so that part is unavoidable. If that truly is an issue you can't get around, you'll be happy to know that System76 is moving towards producing its devices in house in the United States[1], though I have no idea if the recent tariff wars have affected that situation.
[1] https://opensource.com/article/18/4/system76-us-manufacturing-plant https://opensource.com/article/18/4/system76-us-manufacturin...
- eikenberry 8y agoClevo's hardware is not that great though. I've known several people get System76 Clevo systems and they've all been disappointed. I'm hopeful for System76's new systems, that they will up the quality significantly and make them compare-able to Thinkpads.
- morganvachon 8y agoIt may depend on the model; this guy got a lot of mileage out of his Clevo-made laptop: https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2017/07/openbsd-and-modern-laptop.html https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2017/07/openbsd-and-modern-laptop...
- cookiecaper 8y agoYes, I had a Clevo-produced System76 model and I've had multiple hardware issues with it -- for starters, it failed to POST just days after receiving it, and System76 support did repair it, but they were not very accommodating about it, saying there was no way for them to provide a shipping method faster than ground even if I paid for it, etc. I want to like System76, but the truth is that my experience with them was disappointing.