Listen there are four important qualities to me in a laptop, going forward:
- I can run Guix on it, I will accept having to use nonguix to do so (though I would like to not have to)
- I can run Blender on it with FOSS GPU drivers
- I can install a lot of ram in it for when I foolishly decide to recompile a bunch of packages while needing to get work done
- I can repair the damned thing
@cwebber Most of those requirements point towards something that isn't a laptop.
@cwebber Because laptops don't usually let you install RAM at all beyond what they are manufactured with, let alone lots of it. Repairing is also mostly out of the question. A notable exception on both counts is the Framework laptops, at least on paper. Maybe one of them fits your needs.
@mansr @cwebber I've had more laptops that I can install RAM on than laptops I cannot. I'm currently rocking two laptops, one started with 4 and is rocking 32, one started with 12 and is rocking 64. Only laptop I've ever personally used that s doesn't have RAM upgrade ability is my work laptops, one Lenovo and one Mac.
@cwebber In my experience, laptops that are actually portable without a hand truck have very few upgradable parts. This makes sense since sockets add size and weight. Personally, if it ends up being that bulky anyway, I'd rather get a desktop with better performance for half the price.
Every laptop I've ever owned has supported a RAM upgrade, including those I've bought in a panic with little research because my existing unit died. There are plenty out there.
Maybe don't be such a jerk about it?
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