[TezlaKoil]

Clevo is a huge Chinese OEM computer manufacturer which exclusively produces cheap, low-quality laptop computers.

System76 selects Clevo configurations that are more-or-less compatible with Linux, puts a brand on them and sells them at a somewhat-inflated price.

[jdfellow]

Not really that inflated. I built a Clevo laptop about 4 years ago, and compared it to an identical System76 build, it was only $70 difference.

That thing was pretty poor quality though. Died fall of 15, replaced it with an XPS 13 which is still going strong.

[jon-wood]

I got a Clevo laptop a few years back from another company that works similarly. The spec was pretty good for the price, but I'll second the crappy build quality - they're very plasticy, and the heatsinks kept clogging up with dust destroying any cooling.