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NovaCustom – Framework Laptop alternative focusing on privacy

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34 points CHEF-KOCH | 2 comments | 28 Jun 25 18:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.414s | source
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cosmic_cheese ◴[28 Jun 25 20:00 UTC] No.44407694[source]▶
I don’t mean to minimize the company’s role in their offerings, but are these rebadged Clevo/Tongfang/etc laptops? There’s a place for those but that would make NovaCustom more comparable to system76 or Tuxedo than Framework, which designs their own hardware.
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userbinator ◴[29 Jun 25 01:27 UTC] No.44409630[source]▶
than Framework, which designs their own hardware.

They don't either. I believe Framework is OEM'd by Compal.

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Bjartr ◴[29 Jun 25 01:47 UTC] No.44409716[source]▶
Did some looking and it appears that Framework does in fact design the hardware. They have a deal with Compal to then manufacture it.
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1. userbinator ◴[29 Jun 25 02:09 UTC] No.44409811[source]▶
Depends what you mean by "design". They get to choose some aspects of how it looks in general, but as for the actual schematics/PCB layout, that's based on the CPU manufacturer's reference design.

Edit: the amount of downvoting the original comment got, and the sibling that got killed for saying effectively the same thing, makes me think someone is trying to push a certain narrative, but the truth is out there. No one except a very small number of OEMs actually designs PC mobos, and they are also based on reference designs from Intel or AMD.

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2. Bjartr ◴[29 Jun 25 13:50 UTC] No.44413149[source]▶
I mean, isn't laying things out so the ports they need for the expansion slots "design"? It's not like there'll be a reference design that has those in those locations.