I've been using FreeBSD since 1998 on the server side - and currently admin a large amount of Debian based infrastructure stuff - so I'm well aware of the philo

I've been using FreeBSD since 1998 on the server side - and currently admin a large amount of Debian based infrastructure stuff - so I'm well aware of the philosophical GPL/LGPL/BSD related issues related to free software. And I admire what they're trying to do with this laptop. Being a start-up small hardware manufacturer in the same ecosystem with 500 pound behemoths like Microsoft selling Surface Books, and Dells and such, is a really hard position to be in. But I also believe that on the x86-64 platform, hardware will either stand on its own merits or it won't. There's no glossing over that some components on this thing are really not a good value for the money.