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Palmer Luckey considering entering laptop market with fully US-made model, wants to know if you'd spend 20% more for an American-made PC (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] tal@lemmy.today 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Relative to what? I'd pay a 20% premium relative to a comparable laptop made in China, especially given that I don't know where US-China relations are going, and I'm not really keen on the idea of being bought into a line that slam into sanctions.

I don't know if I'd pay a 20% premium relative to a comparable laptop made in Canada or Germany or another country that we're not at odds with.

But my larger concern is really what characteristics a laptop has.

I used to buy Thinkpads, which is a once-IBM line now owned by the Chinese Lenovo. I switched away from them not primarily because they were Chinese, but because it has become difficult to find modern Thinkpads with large batteries. Apparently, Lenovo's customers would rather even shave off a bit of price (though lithium batteries are pretty inexpensive these days) or want the laptop to be lighter.

I'd like to have a Thinkpad-style Synaptics touchpad with a Linux-friendly three physical buttons. That's an American company, though I suspect that they probably don't have an American supply chain, and I don't even know if they manufacture in the US.

I'd like a 100 Wh battery.

I'd like to have a centered keyboard, and don't care about having an integrated numpad.

I'd like to have the ability to make a laptop's screen somewhat-brighter than my last Thinkpad, as it can be hard to see outside.

I don't care about weight or thickness.

he co-founded a military tech firm called Anduril Industries that has primarily focused on the development of autonomous systems

If you're targeting government/military clients, yeah, I suspect that they'd be willing to pay a 20% premium.