Except for the wonky webcam (which I can live with), and the lack of GPU (which I'm less sure about; I do a lot of ML workloads), this laptop is exactly the laptop I'd buy, if I knew it actually existed.
Problem is, I'm not confident it actually will exist.
The webcam decision is wonky. My Thinkpad has a little cover I can slide over the webcam. I can buy aftermarket stick-on covers too. Why the complex magnetic mess + storage compartment?
Web cam is also mic and the ability to know it’s completely removed is good because you often see physical mic switches that only disable via software. Also there are facilities that don’t allow any hardware with either
If you go to their twitter, its a constant barrage of angry customers who havent received their orders in over a year.
I dont think im okay with shelling out $3000, waiting possibly over a year, and being told "we are working on it" the entire time.
I personally just went with Tuxedo for a linux first laptop.