Hope it succeeds, the HN-crowd is obviously very tacky and already know some well established alternatives (used thinkpads, librem laptops, pinebook, MNT reform

Hope it succeeds, the HN-crowd is obviously very tacky and already know some well established alternatives (used thinkpads, librem laptops, pinebook, MNT reform) that may be even better for a niche audience (open hardware, no management engine, trackpoint option, etc.), hence the criticism. But marketed directly to the people that buy all the "normal" laptops out there, it could be a great success.