>>cspags+(OP)
The bit about HP’s naming scheme is painfully true, about many companies. Utterly dumb marketing strategies.

>>cspags+(OP)
Your attention is drawn to https://system76.com/

>>cspags+(OP)
the upgradability and interchangibility of parts in the framework ecosystem are needed to sustain a shelling point.

As for the PC ecosystem, there are no good x86 cpus with good power effciciency. Maybe geohot would like https://metacomputing.io/products/metacomputing-arm-aipc ? Framework 13 does not have his specific touchpad complaint

>>cspags+(OP)
Do you know about Framework? https://frame.work/

>>cspags+(OP)
the whole pc laptop industry really is an embarrassment right now. It has been 5 years since the M1 Macbook release, and there is no real equivalent. I'm on a thinkpad x9, which might be the closest I've seen, but the cpu performance just isn't as good.

>>jph+TGj
Read the article.

>>jph+TGj
I'm unsure if this is a joke or if you really didn't read the article

>>cspags+(OP)
I don’t know. Just run Linux in a VM on macOS. What exactly is Apple not permitting you to do?

Asahi would have 100x more adoption if it was about better virtualization of Linux on macOS. It would be a DIFFERENT product and I guess that’s the point, right?

>>cspags+(OP)
A good chunk of (but not all) his requirements would be fulfilled by an ASUS ROG Flow Z13

>>double+ZGj
It has always been an embarrassment.

Vizio made a good laptop once and then they just existed the computer industry. They had a vision of high quality approachable laptops, desktops and pro platforms and their first gen was a good attempt, but they just didn’t follow on.

>>doctor+lJj
> Just run Linux in a VM on macOS. What exactly is Apple not permitting you to do?

High performance GPU for VMs, for starters. And the amount of crap that even a bare-bones macOS needs to load (and that consequently hog resources like RAM and CPU time) is a goddamn joke.

>>cspags+(OP)
Honestly this describes a product I would want. I want the hardware of a MacBook that runs Linux and not MacOS.

>>jph+TGj
The author wants to buy a whole new computer every year or two max, instead of upgrading components

That’s an impressive, so to speak, level of consumerism, reminds me of a self-professed minimalist that made the rounds here years ago, he practiced detachment from worldly possessions by throwing away his clothes after use and buying new ones, instead of washing them

>>cspags+(OP)
I wonder why ThinkPads are not mentioned. It's not like I recommend them (I mean, I use one, but it's not like I've tried most laptops out there, so who I am to judge), but I was under the impression it's still a de-facto Linux laptop standard.

>>mschus+UKj
You cannot uninstall Apple Music. That alone is alienating.