Dang. This looks like something that could replace my aging T460s (which has a garbage trackpad, and cost over 2000 eur with all its 8GB of RAM; Linux keeps OOMing and freezing all the time[1]).

Ryzen 4000 series would be nice. 17" would be nice. But 3000 series Ryzen and 15.6" screen is already a decent upgrade over my Thinkpad with i7-6600U..

I'm feeling conflicted because it's obviously not a dream-come-true laptop, but the price point seems very very reasonable (and if I wait for the perfect laptop, I might have to wait forever).

[1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/8/4/15

Just this morning I found my laptop non-responsive and spinning the fan at full speed. I cut the power. It's probably been thrashing all night. In my case, "this little crisis" never lasts for just a few minutes, it'll last as long as I care to wait (I've waited hours and it never recovered).

EDIT: Specs say there's a 9-in-1 card reader, but in photos I only see a micro SD slot.. what am I missing?

not that its anything more than a bandaide, but I have found earlyoom to be immensely useful in cases like that.

https://github.com/rfjakob/earlyoom