If you can’t find something that meets your needs, let us know what we need to add! We can often offer options beyond those in the system configurator.
I would be happy to buy S76 hardware again if there was a point of sell in Europe, avoiding the hefty taxes and shipping costs we currently have to pay. Currently, I can’t justify to buy a keyboard and add 100 dollars or so to its price.
System76 would like to open an office in Europe, but it’ll require a lot of extra $$$ before that’s a viable opportunity. The EU has very heavy taxes on imports of computers from the US, and so the only way to reduce costs would be to manufacture and assemble within the EU. We can’t avoid taxes and import fees like Chinese companies do in the EU.
It’ll require duplicating the Denver office inside the EU, and we’re a small company with only the one office/warehouse in Denver, so expansion will be costly. We’re currently weathering through the economic downturn that’s affected the tech sector in the US, so I think it may be a while before there’s enough demand and cash in the market to make this possible.
Can we donate to System76 with funds earmarked for Pop!_OS development?
All Pop!_OS donations are for Pop!_OS
Being honest, its really hard for me to buy a pop_os laptop when the framework laptop exists. Being able to have that level of customizability and self repair options are just too good to pass up.
Suggestion: perhaps pop_os could collab with framework to make a pop_os laptop that is far more customizable and repairable than what is currently available
System76 supports right to repair, and all laptops sold have readily available replacement parts and documentation. Those interested in firmware development may even request board documentation.
Similar to HP, I suppose Framework could request to collab with System76 for optimized support and integration with Pop!_OS; but we’re looking to design and manufacture our own laptops in Denver, codenamed Virgo. We’ve had a bucket list of ideas for what we want in a dream laptop for years, and Framework falls short of that dream.
Thank you for the informative reply! I am curious; why does the framework laptop fall short of a dream laptop? Can you elaborate?
We’re currently prototyping a low profile mechanical keyboard with a trackpoint for Virgo. There will be more to share in the future. All aspects of the system will be open sourced. Open firmware, open hardware with CAD files, Linux-focused, etc.
