you are paying for convenience, support the project, and have system that is tested for the ground up and configured by the manufacturer, and branding. I don'

you are paying for convenience, support the project, and have system that is tested for the ground up and configured by the manufacturer, and branding. I don't feel that is so great, some other laptops and pc in the linux ecosystem are great also, but this is their monetization scheme, high price for niche products. I don't think they can sell for lower price and compete whit companies who doesn't expend the money in developing the distribution, wm, etc.