I put Palmer Luckey in the same category as Elon Musk: his company's products could be the best in the world, I wouldn't buy any so none of my hard earned ever reaches his pocket.

So this entire article is a beat-up in response to a single tweet:

https://twitter.com/PalmerLuckey/status/1947027209845383279

There is no laptop. There is no potential laptop coming soon.

I won't even pay full for the usual imprted parts PC. Always buy used, off-lease laptops cost trivial $$ and run great.

"*But not for gamers probably... That's a different world

wants to know if you'd spend 20% more for an American-made PC

Would I spend more if I could buy a product that paid people fairly, was ethically sourced, etc? Probably.

Would I spend any amount on a product that benefits Palmer Luckey? No.

define American-made

I had the longest dream this morning about shaving my dick and balls. Now I know where all the pubes went. It's like Nightmare on Elm Street but instead of Freddy attacking you with knife fingers it's my pubes growing on your face.

I'd pay more for hardware made in Europe that's upgradeable and doesn't come with windows or other bloatware preinstalled.

I won't buy hardware from USA or China.

Honestly I wouldn't consider a laptop from Palmer Luckey.

No. And especially not from him

Not if Anduril or Palantir go anywhere near it

Relative to what? I'd pay a 20% premium relative to a comparable laptop made in China, especially given that I don't know where US-China relations are going, and I'm not really keen on the idea of being bought into a line that slam into sanctions.

I don't know if I'd pay a 20% premium relative to a comparable laptop made in Canada or Germany or another country that we're not at odds with.

But my larger concern is really what characteristics a laptop has.

I used to buy Thinkpads, which is a once-IBM line now owned by the Chinese Lenovo. I switched away from them not primarily because they were Chinese, but because it has become difficult to find modern Thinkpads with large batteries. Apparently, Lenovo's customers would rather even shave off a bit of price (though lithium batteries are pretty inexpensive these days) or want the laptop to be lighter.

I'd like to have a Thinkpad-style Synaptics touchpad with a Linux-friendly three physical buttons. That's an American company, though I suspect that they probably don't have an American supply chain, and I don't even know if they manufacture in the US.

I'd like a 100 Wh battery.

I'd like to have a centered keyboard, and don't care about having an integrated numpad.

I'd like to have the ability to make a laptop's screen somewhat-brighter than my last Thinkpad, as it can be hard to see outside.

I don't care about weight or thickness.

he co-founded a military tech firm called Anduril Industries that has primarily focused on the development of autonomous systems

If you're targeting government/military clients, yeah, I suspect that they'd be willing to pay a 20% premium.

Everyone in here acting like this is some moral conundrum they need to take the high ground on. Me, im just sitting here thinking, I dont give a fuck if its made by child pedofile terrorists as long as it isnt mad3 by microsoft Samsung Google or apple ill take a fuckin swing at it. Ive hired line cooks for sales positions who ran circles around the other salesmen in their hiring class.