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If you believe getting a laptop crom System76 and from Clevo will get you the same laptop, you're quite mistaken.
by trelane 4y ago
If you believe getting a laptop crom System76 and from Clevo will get you the same laptop, you're quite mistaken.
- LoganDark 4y agoNo? Sysmtem76 rebrands Clevo machines and offers them with software support & warranty. That's like, their whole thing.
- trelane 4y agoNo, actually, they don't. They work with Clevo to make them, and Clevo can sell the hardware, but the firmware is very different, and possibly some of the hardware as well. see e.g. cassidyjames at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17039414 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17039414 There were a couple of great threads on Twitter, but it looks like Jeremy Soller isn't on anymore. (https://twitter.com/c4software/status/1322954098711400449 https://twitter.com/c4software/status/1322954098711400449 is one guy realizing too late that they're not the same, that likely precipitated https://mobile.twitter.com/jeremy_soller/status/1322954964549824512 https://mobile.twitter.com/jeremy_soller/status/132295496454... still in Google cache saying "A reminder that you shouldn't buy Clevo's and expect them to work like System76's"