Purchasing a new (or second hand) laptop

Hi, thank you for your answers.

I think, I don’t require it, but would be nice to have it. Do you have any idea what does it take to port coreboot to any of these laptops? Is it even possible?

I had T440s, T450s, T460s and now have an X250 as well but I think those do not have any performance edge over the i7-X230 (and max memory is limited at 12GB). That is why I am looking at laptops with at least 8th gen intel processors and 16 (but preferably 32) GB of RAM.

That is good to hear. I wish I could test Qubes for a couple of weeks on those laptops before I buy any of them.

Yes, but keyboard stickers on USD2000 laptop?!
Jokes aside, my biggest problem with Purism is the keyboard;

  1. it does not have separate PageUp, PageDown, Home and End buttons
  2. does not have a trackpoint and does not have buttons above the touchpad
  3. and yes I don’t want to use stickers

If they make a Librem business series I will be the first buyer, but I think there is practically non-existent demand for privacy oriented business laptops.

I also read very good thoughts in this thread, especially that second hand corporate laptops are not necessarily the best choice.

No decision was made yet.

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