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Laptop recommendations (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 3 months ago by emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works to c/memes@lemmy.ml
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Low hanging fruit, but whatever. It is what it is.

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[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 33 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I tried to buy a system 76 pangolin but they don't ship to Australia (yet?)

Sad

[–] BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org 29 points 3 months ago (1 children)

But in Australia you CAN get an old Thinkpad, so…

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 2 points 3 months ago

Need grunt

[–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

System76 and Framework are mostly North America and Western Europe. Pine64 might sell in Australia.

[–] shirro@aussie.zone 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Framework have been shipping to Australia for ages. I ordered in December 2022 and it drop shipped from Taiwan to rural Australia in about a week. It was faster than ordering parts from pccasegear though that isn't saying much.

I have been a fan of System76 since I saw some stickers at a conference nearly two decades ago. I think they have good intentions but unfortunately a badge engineering company for most of their existence. The quality hasn't always been there from their ODMs and foreign RMA bothers me. You can buy a clevo or tong fang from local resellers and cover it in linux stickers.

The used market in Australia is bad for most things unfortunately.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 1 points 3 months ago

What did you order? Seems the Pangolin is the only one they are still waiting for approval on

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 1 points 3 months ago

Pangolin is the only laptop they haven't got RCM approval on for Australia yet