Purism Librem 13 Linux Laptop
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 @brianlittlejohn said: Wow...its expensive. $1600USD For a "free operating system"  I see what they did there. 
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 @brianlittlejohn said: @Dashrender $1600 is base price. 4gb ram, 500gb spinning rust. doesnt list the processor. And I thought my Macbook Air was expensive.... That's ridiculous! The new Surface Book is $1599 starting price too, and it does have SSD and the display detaches to become a slate computer. 
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 "The Librem 13 is powered by a fifth-generation, 2.2-GHz dual-core Intel Processor. The standard specs list 4 GB DDR3L of RAM, expandable to 16 GB. The review unit, however, was loaded with 8 GB of RAM." Processor etc. 
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 @DustinB3403 Found the full specs here: 
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 Will the price go down into the reasonable range after their crowd funding is done? 
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 @RojoLoco said: Will the price go down into the reasonable range after their crowd funding is done? Why would it need to? Linux fans are often as rabid as MAC fans... 
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 @RojoLoco said: Will the price go down into the reasonable range after their crowd funding is done? Not likely, these things are low volume. 
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 Sweet! Almost 2 grand for the spec equivalent of a $399 special in the windows world... 
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 Notice that there is a $500 coupon. So it is $1,100, not $1,600. 
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 @scottalanmiller said: Notice that there is a $500 coupon. So it is $1,100, not $1,600. The $500 coupon cost $475 
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 @brianlittlejohn said: @scottalanmiller said: Notice that there is a $500 coupon. So it is $1,100, not $1,600. The $500 coupon cost $475 Exactly. It is $1624 to buy it, or $25 off a $500 coupon / credit. 



