> 2. The swappable port system is actually a lot more useful than I expected.

I'll second this. I was momentarily annoyed earlier in the week when I reorganized my desk, and found that the USB C port was on the "wrong" side for my cable-management. It took me a moment to realize that this was (for once) a solvable problem.

I've been running Linux on mine for about a month now and love it. It's easily my favorite laptop I've ever owned.