Are there any good laptop options out there not manufactured in China? Even brands like System 76 fail this test. Looking for suggestions for devices made in the EU, USA, Canada, Japan, etc.
Ask HN: Non-Chinese Laptops?
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#2Fujitsu sells 'Made in Japan' laptops. One place to buy them is Amazon Japan. For example, this one: https://www.amazon.co.jp/Official-LIFEBOOK-WU-X-H1-AZ_WUXH1_...
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#3Fujitsu sells 'Made in Japan' laptops. One place to buy them is Amazon Japan. For example, this one: https://www.amazon.co.jp/Official-LIFEBOOK-WU-X-H1-AZ_WUXH1_...
One challenge with importing Japanese laptops is not being able to order them with a US keyboard layout, many ship exclusively with a JIS keyboard layout.
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#4Fujitsu sells 'Made in Japan' laptops. One place to buy them is Amazon Japan. For example, this one: https://www.amazon.co.jp/Official-LIFEBOOK-WU-X-H1-AZ_WUXH1_...
One challenge with importing Japanese laptops is not being able to order them with a US keyboard layout, many ship exclusively with a JIS keyboard layout.
I have seen local distributors add stickers on the keys. The layout is a little bit different but it's not so bad.
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#5What about the brands that use Taiwanese ODM manufacturers like Foxconn? I think Asus is one of them. Or Samsung made in Korea.
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#6I'd think that the Apple MacBook supply chain, for better or worse, is about the best and most widely-inspected platform.
A potential downside might be that you're limited to macOS or Linux only.
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#7Asus and Acer, manufactured by Quanta, Compal, Wistron, Inventec, Pegatron, and Foxconn
Re: Ask HN: Non-Chinese Laptops?
#8I'd think that the Apple MacBook supply chain, for better or worse, is about the best and most widely-inspected platform. A potential downside might be that you're limited to macOS or Linux only.
They're still assembled in China... says so on the bottom of mine.
Re: Ask HN: Non-Chinese Laptops?
#9Fujitsu sells 'Made in Japan' laptops. One place to buy them is Amazon Japan. For example, this one: https://www.amazon.co.jp/Official-LIFEBOOK-WU-X-H1-AZ_WUXH1_...
Are they just assembled in Japan from Chinese-manufactured chips? Do Intel, AMD, etc. even manufacture outside of China anymore?
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#10What about the brands that use Taiwanese ODM manufacturers like Foxconn? I think Asus is one of them. Or Samsung made in Korea.
Foxconn still has factories in China. I think Asus and Acer manufacture in China these days too, don't they?