Hey Nirav, congrats on the newest release and I'm really eyeing the 13 Pro.

A couple of questions:

1. How are the thermals? I've had mixed experiences with my 11th gen FW 13 throttling under load with the fan sounding noisy. It's fine if I'm alone but if I'm at a team gathering, it's noticeably loud.

2. Does the lid open with one hand?

1. Intel Core Ultra Series 3 is super efficient for video conferencing. That's a use case that Intel has specifically been optimizing for, so as long as you're using video conferencing software that leverages hardware encode/decode, which should be most of them at this point, the fan should stay off entirely.

2. We have one hand open on the lid for each generation of 13.

1. That's awesome! I assume RDP or VNC would be the same then, I use that for work primarily.

2. Huh. Well, I feel like an idiot! I always use two hands when opening the lid, muscle memory, I guess.

ps. one question you don't have to answer: for the wireless keyboard, did you guys consider something like a fingerprint sensor? I like the idea of having something like that akin to Mac's Wireless Keyboard but I don't know how much integration something like that would need.

I'm confused why they can't just generate their own signing key and deploy it alongside the installer.

Using arbiter platforms like this sounds like a great way to footgun yourself.

Because a bad guy can also generate their own signing key and deploy it alongside the installer.

See Notepad++ for how that winds up.

Then you can publish the public Code Signing certificate for download/import or publish it through WinGet.

Using Azure Trusted Signing or any other certificate vendor does not guarantee that a binary is 100% trustworthy, it just means someone put their name on it.

I'm actually kind of surprised that most of these images are just advertising and shock imagery. I never expected adverts to be done through shodan, though I guess it makes sense.

For the record, bootc supports and has workflows for verity images.