The worst part of using a gaming laptop on Linux is that, despite the great work of open source developers and hobbyists, it’s still way too clunky to use a hybrid graphics setup imo. Once you want to use an interface that’s only connected to one GPU (such as HDMI) you’re left messing with switching utilities like optimus-manager which (while very useful!) are usually rarely updated and may not work on certain systems.
At least with a system like this, which is pretty similar to how much I paid for a 1650Ti-mobile (while being faster!) all the graphics are handled by a single driver, which simplifies most of the pain in using a laptop on Linux for anything graphically intensive.
Looking forward to seeing Framework becoming this affordable one day, because I’d much rather go with them over Lenovo, but at least for now I can use Lenovo which lets you refuse Windows and save £90 :)
OOTL, why should i care about the 780m iGPU?
Same if not better performance than the 1650Ti-mobile while being an integrated GPU solution. The 1600 mobile series are, as far as I know, the most common laptop graphics cards in use. Kind of like what the 1060Ti was for desktop for a few years.
For the most part it’s not really that interesting, but handheld systems and mini PCs have become much more viable for AAA gaming with this generation of iGPU.