What’s wið the downvotes

But that’s a thing when you get when you buy laptops made by Chinese OEMs

Can’t you just like not verify Windows and just use it anyway

Yes, I’d prefer Taiwanese companies to get the money over Chinese ones

Why do you want to ship the rest of the profits to China over Taiwan

That just means they assemble it, test that it works and disassemble to pack the DIY kit, lol

I remember framework posting that it takes more work to pack the DIY kits.

Not my issue that gnome sucks, I use KDE and hi DPI works for me

There are issues, but at least Framework releases firmware updates

If you buy Tuxedo you’re supporting Chinese companies mostly

Europe doesn’t make RAM, or processors or WiFi chips. Why do you want a European dude assemble parts for you?

Lol, just because you chose to use DEs that don’t support it well doesn’t mean every customer that wants high resolution has to suffer.

Yeah, shudder to think how you would live on $50,000 in SF. That’s definitely three roommates territory

Higher end? You must not have been passing attention to the developer salaries in AI. $150,000 is median developer salary in SF bay area. You really need $100,000 just to support your family here

Higher end is seven figures

It’s really up to you

It’s not, people will just convert DP to HDMI and call it a day