That processor is really old 6th gen and underpowered. I got a faster and newer quad core 8550U in a Lenovo T480 with 9 hours of battery life in dual batteries. Plus, I have a 1 TiB Samsung 970 Pro. Sure, they do better on firmware tracing and privacy, but if it's not a competitive and good value, it's risking not being a survivable business model. The PC business is competitive and runs on slim margins, so if they shirk or shrug at keeping up, their business is going to die.
People that care deeply about privacy aren't nearly as price conscious as the average consumer. You just can't find many options that come out of the box with Intel backdoors disabled and completely open WiFi firmware.
I want a Librem, but I'm finding that the price premium is a little higher than such a small risk is worth to me. I hope they can bring prices down so people like me can justify it, but that probably won't happen for some time.
