I mean if the U label sticker being off an entire hole isn’t a giveaway that someone’s not competent…

That’s a design consideration, not an actual problem. Remember the pi is also not running natively, and that the quite good M chips from Apple are ARM-based.

The oems still compete with each other and probably have a more effective distribution network due to shipping much higher volumes

Honestly the intel bucks were always so tall compared to the other manufacturers much slimmer IL offerings. It makes sense to get a computer that fits better behind a screen on the vesa mount.

Red plus drives should all be CMR as well