Switching to System76's Lemur Pro

from The 6th Gen Lenovo X1 Carbon (X1C6)

As per my previous post, after having been on the 6th Gen Lenovo X1 Carbon running on Ubuntu for 2 years, I have decided on the Lemur Pro from System76 running Pop! OS as my next daily driver. While I am quite a fan of System76, I am in no way sponsored by them nor am I affiliated with them in anyway. I also did pay a pretty dollar for the device as a normal customer so this will be what I feel as an honest review of the product. Given that, here’s my review of the purchasing experience and the product itself after having test driven it for a week.

Delivery:

I paid for the expedited delivery which was an additional US$50 but I am unsure if it was worth it since I saw a few people that didn’t pay for expedited delivery and yet also got their Lemur Pros shipped within 1–2 business days from the time of ordering. Either way, I am happy with how smooth the delivery process was and they did deliver faster than the actual commitment by a few days after all. I also got thoughtful e-mail notifications every step of the way until it arrived at my specified location in the US.

As I am currently temporarily staying in Taiwan, I decided to give buyandship.com.tw a try to get this laptop out to me from the States. It was however a totally wrong decision. It ended up being 2-3 extra weeks of delay and frustration which I could have avoided by just asking System76 to directly ship the laptop to me for just a little bit more in cost but I guess I will give buyandship a “hall pass” for now as a portion of it was probably truly due to the COVID-19 situation.

Packaging and Unboxing:

I love the packaging that the Lemur Pro was shipped in. They were able to make shipping machines safe while using way less packing materials compared to the rest of the industry. I also quite enjoyed the artwork on the box which gives it a nice personal touch.