Bikeshedding, or why I want to build a laptop

the whole pc laptop industry really is an embarrassment right now. It has been 5 years since the M1 Macbook release, and there is no real equivalent. I'm on a thinkpad x9, which might be the closest I've seen, but the cpu performance just isn't as good.

the upgradability and interchangibility of parts in the framework ecosystem are needed to sustain a shelling point.

As for the PC ecosystem, there are no good x86 cpus with good power effciciency. Maybe geohot would like https://metacomputing.io/products/metacomputing-arm-aipc ? Framework 13 does not have his specific touchpad complaint

Do you know about Framework? https://frame.work/

Your attention is drawn to https://system76.com/

The bit about HP’s naming scheme is painfully true, about many companies. Utterly dumb marketing strategies.