You mean like the Serval? Or the Gazelle, if you want a slimmer version of the same thing? Both have upgradeable RAM, lots of non USB-C ports, and replaceable batteries. Both are quite handy systems.
Found the compromise, the battery is tiny.
With the circa-2009 Acer plastic look? Big plastic air fins, feet that stick out the bottom to stop it sliding into t bad properly, huge (huge) bezel around the screen?
The Oryx looks much more modern - are you sure you aren't talking about that? https://system76.com/laptops/oryx
Every laptop either looks like this, or a MacBook clone.
I'll buy one anyway, simply because it's supposed to be made in America. But I can't find anywhere on the web site where they're made.