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There's System76 and Purism: https://system76.com https://system76.com, https://puri.sm https://puri.sm Can't speak to the quality, but I suspect those are th

• Klonoar 6y ago
  Eeeeh, System76 is certainly not expensive (though they do have expensive models). Purism is. If we're talking desktops, Raptor Talos fits the bill better I think: https://www.raptorcs.com https://www.raptorcs.com
• olddealer 6y ago
  Euh, could be. There are other manufacturers of computers out there, in the USD market "laptops" are retailing at e.g. Walmart, Amazon for 200-300$. 1G+ has been the traditional price to break into "worthwhile" computing, "worthwhile" here usually meaning computing you get a choice on how to configure. To give a bit of context, a "pay-day loan", typically something targeted at the majority of lower-working class folk who struggle to make it from rent check to rent check, goes for normally ~300-600$. For a "lower-middle class" individual making ballpark 60-80k and making housing or rent payments, the norm in even lower cost cities is 1-2k. We aren't talking addl. living expenses, but already someone has to deal with the un-pleasantries of extreme poverty (gangs, illegal activities, never-ending debt and the prison pipeline) in the lower classes, and in the "middle" classes they are facing potentially tanking credit scores, getting behind on rent by a month (most Americans are living paycheck to paycheck), just to have a shot at getting one of these laptops. Goodness help anyone in so called "3rd-world" countries.