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[–] mellowheat@suppo.fi 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (5 children)

Does System76 have right now, or upcoming, any laptops that can match Apple's hardware quality? They seem like Clevo rebrands.

[–] git@lemmy.world 18 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

They have been working on a fully in-house open source laptop for some time but I don't know the ETA on it.

[–] ExLisper@linux.community 7 points 9 months ago

What's wrong with clevo rebrands?

[–] master_of_unlocking@beehaw.org 5 points 9 months ago

They plan on starting to make their own laptops but there aren’t many details available. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/system76-shows-off-first-images-of-its-virgo-linux-laptop-design

[–] lud@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

As far as I know, all the so called Linux laptops are rebranded white label products from China

[–] kzhe@lemmy.zip 10 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Starlabs is not AFAIK, same with PINE

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] kzhe@lemmy.zip 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)
[–] bour@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Starlabs laptops are great. I can't wait to see a review of thestarfighters laptop!

[–] kzhe@lemmy.zip 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I hear the battery life is poor but not sure.

[–] bour@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

I get ~8 hours on my starbook MkVI, with Bluetooth disabled.

[–] massivefailure@lemm.ee 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

apple's hardware quality

I laughed. Cheaply made Chinese builds sold at a huge markup to make it look good to rich idiots doesn't mean quality.

[–] mellowheat@suppo.fi 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I'm sorry, but I absolutely cannot understand this. Have you held a modern macbook, like a macbook m2 air, in your hands?

I don't like their software a lot, but the hardware is top of the industry in almost every way after they released their own CPUs. For what you get, they are cheap.

Before Apple Silicon they were more meh, though.