If he's (reasonably!) not happy with Lenovo's build quality, he's absolutely not going to be happy with Clevo.
Re:macOS Catalina 10.15.5
by zitterbewegung on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @10:52AM
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I had a friend who bought one and it stopped working after two years. Their build quality is worse.
I have a similar issues with OEM's laptop quality years ago with both HP and Dell. System76 laptops have been a pleasure to use.
The new Lemur Pro has a 10th gen CPU, does not have a numpad, and does have an FHD panel. They claim up to 14 hours of battery life on Linux. (21 hours coding on VIM.)
https://system76.com/laptops/lemur
https://www.fosslinux.com/36826/system76-lemur-pro-a-linux-l...