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by elgar1212 1288 days ago
I've been considering moving from a mbp to an x1 for a while now, but a couple things are keeping me from it:

- mbp isn't dead (yet)

- x1 is made in china, human rights issues

- x1 is less repairable than other thinkpad models such as t14 or p14 (which are still made in china, however)

- now there is linux support for mbp for dual booting

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> x1 is made in china, human rights issues

I was under the impression that most MBP are made in China?

> I was under the impression that most MBP are made in China?

afaik they all are, but this was a purchase from several years ago

Isn’t the MacBook Pro also manufactured in China?
Yes, but I got it several years ago and wasn't as concerned about China at the time

Future gens of mbp might not be made in China (but afaik they still are)

You might be okay with laptops from Taiwan instead of mainland China, for example ASUS. They have nicer laptops than Lenovo too.
And they have machines in different ranges to choose from, including light beasts such as the ROG Zephyrus G14 which manages to pack a lot of power including a dedicated GPU in roughly the same weight as an M series MacBook Pro.
Are all models made in Taiwan though? Where do you find the data to confirm where they source their parts from?