New System76 Laptop: Lemur Pro
The value of this new Lemur Pro is completely in how well the software works.<p>I had IT at my job buy me a Lemur Pro (previous model) a year or two ago.<p>If I just stayed at my desk all day it would have been better than the Macbook Pro.<p>But software issues were always letting it down, and I was wasting lots of time trying to patch/fix linux configuration issues & bugs.   It got to be such a waste of time I gave up and went back to the MBP.<p>Main issues were:<p>- Lots of issues with wifi not connecting, wifi setup 1000x more complex than windows/osx.. mostly around linux not having autodetect on the myriad options on wifi<p>- Switching between wired at the desk and wifi was problematic, difficult to get up with the laptop and go to a meeting<p>- Lots of issues with applications needing to be restarted when switching from external to internal monitors<p>- Lots of extreme battery drain when trying to do certain activities.. e.x. video conferencing apps like zoom, webex, etc.. the fan would go 100% the whole time and the CPU would peg due to video acceleration issues.   The battery could drain down 100% in a 30 minute meeting, etc..<p>I tried 2 different distros.   It didn't really make a difference.<p>So realistically.. hardware on this thing is probably fine, if not as fancy looking as a MBP.   It has more useful ports, so less need to carry dongles.<p>But it's a time waster in a lot of office/dev environments if the software integration hasn't improved.<p>This is the kind of stuff that wouldn't bother me on a personal laptop where the goal was to hack on linux.  But it was a deal breaker on a corporate laptop where I needed to focus on the product.