[Trisquel-users] Thoughts about fully free computers

[davidecaramori]

In this period unfortunately I don't have enough money to buy a fully Free  
Laptop, also because the price is not really cheap. I understand that the  
price may be fair and is not possible to reduce it since companies that sell  
fully free computers at lower price wouldn't earn enough. On the other side  
most of fully free computers are not powerful and they are not new (except  
very few of them). Also I don't know if ThinkPenguin's laptops are completely  
free since they have modern CPUs (with intel ME).
Even if am using a laptop with ME, I am running a entirely free OS.
And I am really worry about the situation (not mine but in general), because  
one day older laptops will not operate, laptops from 2008 (approximately when  
ME was realized) cannot exist forever. And I don't know what will be the  
alternative one day. For now, in my personal opinion, fully free computers  
are not for everyone. We can buy a low price 100% free computer but compared  
to a new one (with intel ME and many more performances) is more expansive,  
and if I want to buy a more powerful machine (but not yet as powerful as a  
modern one) I have to spend much more money (from 700$ to 1000$).
I want to underline that it's nobody's fault, or may be is manifacturers  
fault. Society and Companies are not moving on the right way, and no company  
(like HP, Lenovo, Dell, etc..) is selling fully free computers.