Wow, from the EU (no hassle with expensive shipping, either initially or for warranty) and 830 euros for a laptop that would usually cost me ~1000 because manuf

Wow, from the EU (no hassle with expensive shipping, either initially or for warranty) and 830 euros for a laptop that would usually cost me ~1000 because manufacturers usually force Microsoft tax, a GPU, and a new SSD on you (I don't want a dedicated GPU but they always have one when the CPU is reasonable; and I don't want an SSD because I already have my own). This is pretty neat indeed! The only nitpicks are: - a keyboard with a short left shift which doesn't work as well for my hands (I worked with it every day for 6 months while writing PHP, i.e. constant stretching to get to the $ symbol, but couldn't get used to it) and no numpad despite being a 15" laptop, and - the battery can't be taken out. My current laptop (2 years old) has the same issue and it already lost 25% capacity because I use it as a desktop much of the time and it's charged at 100% capacity all day long. With my 2012 laptop I'd just pop out the battery at ~40-70% charge: it takes 4 seconds (I didn't need to look or turn it over) and after 5 years of use the battery reported having lost 3% capacity. I don't trust that number, that's too good to be true with 2012 battery tech, but the runtime from 100%-0% was still about half of what it was originally (and I used the battery daily, either for standby mode between classes or on the train where I would, of course, have a deeper discharge cycle than when near a power source). But compare that to all the plus points that I see that many other reasonably-priced (<1200 euro) laptops don't always have: + No new SSD, a GPU, or Microsoft tax forced on you (as mentioned) + WiFi 6 + reasonably-priced 16 or 32GB RAM option + RJ45 connector without needing an adapter + No Intel + Big battery + The up/down arrow keys are not shoved into a single (split) key! I don't know who ever thought that was a good idea + Pgup/dn/home/end are nicely reachable. Though I noticed it's actually not a big deal to have them under Fn+arrow keys, I remember how much I got used to my Asus EEE 1215n having this layout. While using that laptop, I'd miss the layout even on a desktop keyboard where the keys are further away. ~ Screen brightness is specified (most of the time, you just have to hope that the screen is readable in sunlight, though I used to work outside more when I had a public transport route with switches so it's not very relevant for me now) ~ USB-C capabilities mentioned, even if both displayport and power delivery modes are a "no" it's good to know ~ earphones and microphone jack in one. Nice sometimes; super annoying when you want a separate mic or some other device that uses the mic jack. I should just find a splitter for that I guess, no getting around that anymore. All in all, this is a steal and I'm considering getting one just to be rid of my crappy Lenovo Ideapad (maybe I'll donate it to one of these organisations that provide kids with laptops for corona-related homeschooling), but I don't technically need it...