No, but I can tell they're just rebranded Clevo builds.
These machines have very decent specs and are easy to service and upgrade, but at the cost a of very low quality build with regards to the laptop case itself.
There are plenty of other brands that offer the same kind of Clevo laptops with Linux, the best known of which is system76.
Basically, these are just the same Clevo machines you can buy with any Clevo reseller, but with Linux installed for marketing differentiation, and a significant mark up in pricing.
I hope the people from System76 or StationX will be able to show that their added value is a little more than installing some linux image... (I was considering buying one of those, but your statement makes me hesitate)
That's interesting, I'd not seen this comment before.
So the good thing about System76 is that they can gather up the Linux users buying their products, and use the volume of those combined sales to give Linux users a voice with upstream manufacturers like Sager and Clevo.
Sure, but implied in their Linux branding of the laptops is a promise of testing their configurations with Linux. So you are paying for a promise that the system will be compatible with Linux, I suppose.
If these things interest you, you should definitely take a look at other Clevo resellers in your country, and compare the pricing to help you decide whether the added value of this promise is worth the increased retail price.
* a guarantee, and support for running Linux
* UK-based customer support, rather than ROC/Taiwan-based
* maybe component selection that avoids certain hardware with bad drivers?
As a system76 gazelle owner I agree with this. Nice display, great job on the drivers and system software, horrible build quality on the case, terrible keyboard, terrible fit around the trackpad, worst trackpad buttons I've ever seen. I've been developing on this for over a year and it's been ok, but the quality isn't anywhere near what you should be getting for the price point.
Sadly, no. I've tried to find out but couldn't find any clues.
As far as I can tell, they're using their own custom built casing. It definitely looks much better built than the Clevo machines, but I've not yet have been to get my hands on one and take a closer look.
These machines have very decent specs and are easy to service and upgrade, but at the cost a of very low quality build with regards to the laptop case itself.
There are plenty of other brands that offer the same kind of Clevo laptops with Linux, the best known of which is system76.
Basically, these are just the same Clevo machines you can buy with any Clevo reseller, but with Linux installed for marketing differentiation, and a significant mark up in pricing.