well to be fair, i did the same exercise before buying a system76 a few years back and the difference was a bit more even with oem consideration so thats good t

well to be fair, i did the same exercise before buying a system76 a few years back and the difference was a bit more even with oem consideration so thats good to know. the build quality is very cheapish feeling and it fell apart pretty quickly and i regretted not just getting a lenovo or xps or something but it was nice to support their efforts