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0 pointswiz21c8y ago0 comments

I thought your statement was rather aggressive (you basically say that the linux brand is used to bump the price), until I saw this :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clevo

I hope the people from System76 or StationX will be able to show that their added value is a little more than installing some linux image... (I was considering buying one of those, but your statement makes me hesitate)

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freedomben8y ago· 1 in thread

Definitely check out System76's response to your question of showing their added value. I totally agreed with you, and that post turned me around.

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/5umefi/system76_refr...

sspiff8y ago

That's interesting, I'd not seen this comment before.

So the good thing about System76 is that they can gather up the Linux users buying their products, and use the volume of those combined sales to give Linux users a voice with upstream manufacturers like Sager and Clevo.

sspiff8y ago

Sure, but implied in their Linux branding of the laptops is a promise of testing their configurations with Linux. So you are paying for a promise that the system will be compatible with Linux, I suppose.

If these things interest you, you should definitely take a look at other Clevo resellers in your country, and compare the pricing to help you decide whether the added value of this promise is worth the increased retail price.

torpcoms8y ago

I think it is probably:

* a guarantee, and support for running Linux * UK-based customer support, rather than ROC/Taiwan-based * maybe component selection that avoids certain hardware with bad drivers?

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