Custom laptop

Time for a new laptop, as my current laptop is over five years old. Currently looking for a new laptop. I enjoy some customization, so I have gathered an overview of shops where you can buy a custom laptop. All webshops ship in the Netherlands as that’s where I live. Laptop met Linux and XNotebooks both seem sell laptops of SKIKK and BTO, with own customization. In the end I bought a SKIKK laptop, with AMD processor and NVIDIA card. Quite satisfied with it. Looks solid enough for me, and the performance is excellent.

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