Except if they didn't make usability / design compromises then there would be much less R&D needed and they could take that money as additional profit for the n

Except if they didn't make usability / design compromises then there would be much less R&D needed and they could take that money as additional profit for the next gen. I have no problem paying more for a more niche system. What I don't want to encourage is adding useless crap onto the machine in an effort to justify the extra $$$. System76 is a worse offender in this regard than Purism, my problem with Purism was a build quality issue, which is understandable. I still wish they'd have make it more rugged and less pretty, but at least there weren't any glaring design issues.