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+1 for the Framework laptop from https://frame.work/ . It's my favorite laptop I've ever owned and the Linux support is excellent. There's a healthy Linux community surrounding this laptop and the Arch wiki even has an entire aricle dedicated to it.
Too expensive though.
My experience is the complete opposite.
I pre-ordered a 13 inch DIY Ryzen 7840u with 32 gigs and it cost me 1600€. I will spend another 50 on an SSD. Not sure you can get that kind of hardware for less, elsewhere.
A similarly specced XPS for example is easily a couple hundred more.
Edit: just checked again, at least Dell Italy only sells the 13 XPS with a 13th (or 12th) gen Intel. Fine, I don't really mind it. But it sells for 2100€ (with 32GB, a 1TB drive and an OLED display). I guess that the OLED alone might be worth the price difference.
The point tho is that even at the same price, I'd still take framework's repairability any day.
Funny thing is, I'm gonna replace my current XPS 13 with an 11th gen Intel just because the RAM is not upgradable and I'm stuck with 16gigs.
I'm sick and tired of having to get rid of perfectly fine hardware just because it's not upgradable.
With framework I can spend another 100-150 down the road and bump my config's 32 to 64.
@happyhippo
you have a little monster laptop
@bankimu @linux