I’ve been using computers for more than a few years. But I never bought a laptop. Always wanted one…never had one. I’ve put Linux on other peoples laptops though. Obviously my laptop would have to run Linux. Lately I’ve been interested in the Framework Laptop. I like that they say “We love Linux at Framework” and “We designed the Framework Laptop from the outset to be a great Linux laptop”. Their modular laptop philosophy only makes me more interested. Add to that they’ve recently offered a AMD option. I always thought the prices on a decent Linux laptop were high. I threw together a quick build for an idea of price and…
Still a little high for this cheap old guy. So I have to look at alternatives. One thing I really like about the framework is Built-in hardware privacy switches give you complete control over access to the camera and microphones.
Quickly looked at the System 76 Pangolin and was surprised at this…
A better processor, twice the memory, however not much default storage. I’d like to downgrade the processor (which doesn’t seem to be an option) and add more storage to keep the price lower.
So this caused me to consider their cheapest model…the Galago Pro 14″ which comes in at $1023 with a Ryzen 5, 16GB and 1TB storage (it appears there is only 1 single storage option, so OS and /home are together). I could probably live with this, as I could offload data to a external drive.
If I went up to their Lemur Pro I could add additional internal storage.