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Pros
Pro Optional physical kill switches for microphone/camera and wireless/bluetooth
Pro Built with security in mind starting from each chip placed onto the motherboard
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Cons
Con It's quite expensive
You'll be paying a higher price for Purism's commitment to secure, privacy, and freedom respecting electronics.
Con Wifi is weak
Any other laptop or smartphone will have better signal than the Librem 15. Having a strong signal is very rare (you need to be in the same room within 10m of the router), it is still working but a Ethernet port as back-up would have been very much appreciated. This is probably due to the FOSS constraint for the hardware.
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Librem 15
Recommended 3 years ago
Purism got a nice product with the Librem 15, it is not flawless but has a lot that other companies don't offer. Unlike the trend this laptop can be maintained easily and is not meant to be locked nor having planned obsolescence. The brand-less design is very refreshing, the hard switches feel great and...
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Optional physical kill switches for microphone/camera and wireless/bluetoothPro
Built with security in mind starting from each chip placed onto the motherboard Con
It's quite expensivePro
Good keyboardPro
Good connectivityCon
Speakers are badCon
Wifi is weakComments
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