I run an Oryx Pro as my daily driver and am pretty happy with it -- it mostly sits on my desk though, and the fans are crazy loud, so I solved that by just... having another lighter laptop I carry around. The Oryx Pro was able to replace my old ITX-case desktop though so I'm thinking it's a win.

Thanks for your support to the cause -- I do agree with what others are saying though, seems like you can't go wrong with lenovo these days, but maybe give System76 a try with some of the cheaper models.