Body Material of Librem 14 Laptop

[eugenr]

I think this answers your question:

Widespread laptop manufacturers fetish for plastics and non-glass screens

OK, I get it, in general, but do not tally agree. Let me explain. First the chassis. Having a full metal unibody design is of course nice but it also makes many things complicated and pretty expensive. Also the aluminum waste is high. We already have metal A, C and D shell, i.e. the lid, keyboard side and bottom side are full metal. Inside we have a plastic frame holding some parts plus a bunch of metal framing ṕarts holding others. This is not a metal unibody yet, but already pretty close and …