But in principle, who is doing the manufacturing, and getting a production ready design? Hearing "Taipei-based notebook manufacturer" I think already tells how

But in principle, who is doing the manufacturing, and getting a production ready design? Hearing "Taipei-based notebook manufacturer" I think already tells how it is, but I myself is totally OK with OEM laptops, especially if you put running Linux a priority. I had my own plans for making a designed from scratch x86 laptop with AMD Ryzen chipset a year ago. Covid of course made a change to my plans.