I'm glad the AMD GPU option still exists, I don't have great experience with NVIDIA on Linux. The rest of the upgrades, like the new top cover and keyboard, are very welcome
It's so weird to hear people who have problems with NVIDIA GPUs on Linux, because for me it's always been the opposite. I have had problems with AMD but never with NVIDIA.
I have a 5070 ti running Kubuntu 25.04 and it's a mess. Animations repeating, half the desktop disappears when waking from sleep, HDMI audio cuts out... I swapped to a 7900xt and it is absolutely flawless.