System76 Open Firmware

Re:System76 Open Firmware by cauthon on Monday April 03, 2023 @08:16PM (#35433303)

Isn’t their pricing pretty unfriendly? I was looking at the Thelio, which starts at $1000 and then any upgrade costs about sticker price. (e.g. upgrading to the i5-13600K, which retails for $320, costs $315.)

It basically seemed to translate to a $1k markup for assembling the PC (and the case, I guess).

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Re:System76 Open Firmware by livelielife on Monday April 03, 2023 @08:17PM (#35433315)

I agree, but I am also have a 'poor boy' complex...

or I am part of a different, lower tier, economic realm

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Re:System76 Open Firmware by Schroedingersat on Monday April 03, 2023 @09:06PM (#35433654)

Think of it as assembly, support, well documented public service manuals, the cost of the well integrated operating system, and a good warranty.

Similar to the intel macs and such.

Quality is a little shy of a premium product, but overall not a terrible deal.

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Re:System76 Open Firmware by appleiigs on Monday April 03, 2023 @11:53PM (#35434830)

Especially the “integrated operating system”. Sucks to buy a part off shelf to find out linux driver is not ready.

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Re:System76 Open Firmware by Schroedingersat on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @01:07AM (#35435319)

For the laptops you also get a level of control over the hardware not available anywhere else (except similar premium open firmware linux laptops)

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