System76 laptops are built in China by a Taiwanese company (Clevo).
They did have plans to at least assemble laptops in America from Chinese parts (like they do for desktops), but it hasn't materialized yet as far as I know.
They did have plans to at least assemble laptops in America from Chinese parts (like they do for desktops), but it hasn't materialized yet as far as I know.
The only claims for country-of-origin I see on that page are the "US-Sourced Materials" heading which clarifies "..using aluminum sourced from US companies."
>Thelio desktops and Launch keyboards are designed, engineered, and manufactured at our factory in Denver, CO using aluminum sourced from US companies.
which seems to only be the metal cases/bodies.
It seems one of the least complicated parts of the system, the case, is actually made in the US.
AMD CPUs, GPUs, and pretty much anything else that uses silicon are not sourced and manufactured in the US.
Then it's your understanding that needs adjustment. Advanced chips nearly all come from Taiwan. You can't have a laptop without a CPU.
Sourcing as much as they can from the US is admirable but the real power is who manufactures the advanced chips not the chassis or peripheral parts.
And even for the parts they do acquire from domestic sources, tariffs will still drive their cost of goods up. Taxes on steel and aluminum will drive the price of steel and aluminum up in the domestic market, regardless of where it was shipped from.
I do not think anyone is arguing against that, but how is it relevant here?