kittenzrulz123

joined 7 months ago

Yeah people do shop online that's what I said, on Amazon and best buy not niche laptop sellers. Also you severely overestimate the average persons interest in Linux, if Linux is not included the average person won't install it.

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

That doesnt mean the average person can just use Linux, you cant even buy a laptop with Linux from a standard store that people typically look for laptops in (like Amazon or best buy). If you have to convince people to go to a separate website, manually enter their card details, and pay a shipping fee of $116 along with import fees (yes this is a bit more specific to Tuxedo but my point stands). Regardless of which Linux brand you buy it typically takes 3-5 weeks for shipping. Meanwhile across the board the base price of Linux laptops are always higher than Windows devices (some OEMs like Lenovo hide this by giving a $100 discount but when you consider that Linux is generally only an option for custom orders the total cost is still higher than a non custom standard windows laptop).

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 19 hours ago

Honestly this seems absolutely incredible for the vast majority of people, a good MacBook at a decent price point. Benchmarks haven't come out yet but I heard its as good if not better than the M1. For the vast majority of people that's good enough, and even with the worse battery the real world battery life is gonna be amazing.

Also for those complaining about Linux support the main competition is Windows laptops running Snapdragon X Elite which should have somewhat similar performance and also doesn't support Linux. Hell the snapdragon x2 probably won't support Linux either. These laptops cost two times as much as this and usually with significantly worse build quality.

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 19 hours ago (4 children)

There's no reason for the average person to ever buy another windows device