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Re:HP Dev One Laptop with Pop_OS by samtheprogram on Friday May 20, 2022 @09:35PM (#31454522)
Even before the M1, you paid a small (IMO) premium for better build quality, a great trackpad and (before the butterfly) keyboard, a solid Unix with really great tailored applications, etc…

With the M1 dominance (and inflation) there’s basically no premium at this point (although there is little to no low-end options).

Re:HP Dev One Laptop with Pop_OS by lhl on Saturday May 21, 2022 @01:39AM (#31455526)
As long as you don't need more memory or storage, at which point you'll pay about a 4X markup for each upgrade and will need to make sure you prepay that when you buy the laptop as everything is soldered.
Re:HP Dev One Laptop with Pop_OS by adastra22 on Friday May 20, 2022 @11:32PM (#31455032)
If only the MacBook Air was user upgradable like the old 2017 models. There’d be little reason to buy anything else.
Re:HP Dev One Laptop with Pop_OS by MrDOS on Saturday May 21, 2022 @05:23PM (#31461972)
There's a reason the RAM is soldered on: https://twitter.com/marcan42/status/1460108068637712384.

SSD is very annoying, though.