I have a 12th Gen.
It's the best laptop I've owned.
(I've had a Samsung ATIV book 9, and before that a high-end Sony Vaio, both 13 inch).
One thing I must mention in particular : the keyboard is die for.
I had no idea a laptop keyboard could be like this.
I used my Samsung keyboard for many years, perfectly happily - but now I can't use it. It is now so unbelievably flat and lifeless. I am now forever spoiled for lesser keyboards.
I worked on power management, not much work was needed, and I get 11 hours battery life on a 90% charge.
(Basically, use powertop to figure out what processes were using a lot of power (turned out to be Tor and WINE), and then also realise anything plugged into the USB ports took a lot of power, and finally that the powertop power optimization needed to be re-run after a reboot. That got me down to under four watts, but it means no mouse - mouse adds about three watts, which is too much.)
I'm very happy also that reduced battery charge levels (I keep mine at 50% these days, now the power cuts are a thing of the past) are available in the BIOS, and also full battery disconnect (I'd like it even more if I could change battery charge level in software - but the key issue is the functionality is present).
I love the exchangable ports - currently I have 2 USB-C and 2 USB-A, which will in time change to 4 USB-C. I also have an ethernet port, should I need it, and HDMI.
The screen resolution is not 4K, which I had on my Samsung, and thought before I bought it could be a problem, but it simply isn't.
I also love the community. That it's a niche laptop with a highly computer literate community makes it really pleasant.
FYI, I'm running XFCE on Debian.
It's the best laptop I've owned.
(I've had a Samsung ATIV book 9, and before that a high-end Sony Vaio, both 13 inch).
One thing I must mention in particular : the keyboard is die for.
I had no idea a laptop keyboard could be like this.
I used my Samsung keyboard for many years, perfectly happily - but now I can't use it. It is now so unbelievably flat and lifeless. I am now forever spoiled for lesser keyboards.
I worked on power management, not much work was needed, and I get 11 hours battery life on a 90% charge.
(Basically, use powertop to figure out what processes were using a lot of power (turned out to be Tor and WINE), and then also realise anything plugged into the USB ports took a lot of power, and finally that the powertop power optimization needed to be re-run after a reboot. That got me down to under four watts, but it means no mouse - mouse adds about three watts, which is too much.)
I'm very happy also that reduced battery charge levels (I keep mine at 50% these days, now the power cuts are a thing of the past) are available in the BIOS, and also full battery disconnect (I'd like it even more if I could change battery charge level in software - but the key issue is the functionality is present).
I love the exchangable ports - currently I have 2 USB-C and 2 USB-A, which will in time change to 4 USB-C. I also have an ethernet port, should I need it, and HDMI.
The screen resolution is not 4K, which I had on my Samsung, and thought before I bought it could be a problem, but it simply isn't.
I also love the community. That it's a niche laptop with a highly computer literate community makes it really pleasant.
FYI, I'm running XFCE on Debian.