I don't think purism should ever be considered an approved product.
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/3anjgm/on_the_librem_laptop_purism_doesnt_believe_in/\
Disclaimer or not people will treat an endorsement from the developer
team as vouching for the security/privacy of a device.
Potential honest vendors:
Thinkpenguin
System76
Vikings (they are the only vendor that sells truly free firmware
prebuilts such as the libre-coreboot asus boards KGPE-D16/KCMA-D8 and
the various older thinkpads)
Going forward the only real options to have a performance freedom laptop
that is affordable is by using owner controlled workstation boards with
non-x86 CPU's such as AppliedMicro ARM (one 35W AppM CPU is equivalent
to a mid range sandy bridge desktop model) and putting them in a custom
"1U" case with a keyboard screen battery etc.
Doing a performance board fab alone costs millions of dollars so most
small laptop vendors including purism simply buy OEM models from quanta
and re-badge them chasing the laptop refresh cycle which results in not
being able to buy a new laptop by the time its firmware port is done,
whereas workstation/server/embedded boards usually have a 5-7 year
manufacturing guarantee.
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