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A comment on Apple’s T2 security chip jailbreak. Parent comment

Re:Apple’s T2 security chip jailbreak by fsflover on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @07:08AM (#24637470)
> I honestly cannot find a laptop with the combination of 64 GB RAM, a non-NDIVIA GPU, and other premium hardware like its market-leading trackpad at this time

Only 14”, and perhaps less performant, but here is this one: https://puri.sm/products/librem-14/.

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Re:Apple’s T2 security chip jailbreak by dbspin on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @07:18AM (#24637536)
The linked laptop lacks a GPU.
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Re:Apple’s T2 security chip jailbreak by babypuncher on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @05:34PM (#24644200)
It's trackpad probably isn't as good as that of the MBP.
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Re:Apple’s T2 security chip jailbreak by fsflover on Thursday October 01, 2020 @03:21AM (#24648283)
This is true. But it has many other advantages related to users’ freedom and security, e.g., you can open it and upgrade, it has Coreboot, kill switches: https://puri.sm/posts/librem-14-shipping-in-december/.
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Re:Apple’s T2 security chip jailbreak by mindfulhack on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @07:17AM (#24637527)
Yes, I'm after 15"+ too.
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Re:Apple’s T2 security chip jailbreak by fsflover on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @08:31AM (#24638074)
They also have a 15” version, but it’s much less performant. They will probably present a new model soon with the same specs like the one above.
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Re:Apple’s T2 security chip jailbreak by mindfulhack on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @08:40AM (#24638154)
I really hope so. I'm even willing to give up the Apple trackpad if something else comes that lines everything else up. I tried so hard a couple of weeks ago to find something non-Apple that ticked all the boxes, and was shocked my existing MBP was the only one that ticked enough of them. I'm waiting and waiting for an explicitly Linux-supporting manufacturer to offer a truly high end and Linux-friendly laptop. It's a holy grail right now.
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