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That’s the whole point of it. You get excellent tested comparability and support. For Linux users like me it’s worth the money. I can have Linux and not worry
by acomjean 4y ago
That’s the whole point of it. You get excellent tested comparability and support. For Linux users like me it’s worth the money. I can have Linux and not worry about if my hardware is compatible with the default install.
You are paying for support and to make it easy.
But scale, as they sell more one assumes the markup will decrease.
- trelane 4y agoSystem76 also adds custom, open source firmware (https://support.system76.com/articles/open-firmware-systems/ https://support.system76.com/articles/open-firmware-systems/) and ensures the hardware works by coordinating with the ODM and writing custom drivers if necessary (https://support.system76.com/articles/system76-driver/ https://support.system76.com/articles/system76-driver/) Pretending to be a system integrator by buying proprietary Windows hardware and slapping Linux on it is a mug's game. They were going to start building their own laptops at one point. I'm not sure what happened with that. Of course, nobody except Apple really builds their own hardware these days either (hence the term ODM).