New System76 Lemur Pro Linux laptop ships with Core Ultra 5 325 from $1,999
System76 Lemur Pro gets Panther Lake, Core Ultra X7 model starts at $2,298
System76 has launched a new Lemur Pro laptop based on Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processors, also known as Panther Lake. The laptop is available in 14-inch and 16-inch versions and ships with Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS or Ubuntu 26.04 LTS.
The base model uses the Core Ultra 5 325 processor with 8 cores, Intel Graphics, 32GB of LPDDR5X memory and a 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD. System76 lists this configuration at $1,999, although a temporary $76 discount lowers it to $1,923 through July 7.
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The higher-end option uses the Core Ultra X7 358H. This is a 16-core Panther Lake processor with 4 P-cores, 8 E-cores and 4 low-power E-cores. It also enables Intel Arc B390 integrated graphics.
System76 claims up to 18 hours of battery life, which the company says is the longest runtime it has offered on a laptop. The 14-inch model uses a 1920×1200 display and weighs 2.2 pounds, or around 1.0 kg, while the 16-inch model uses a 2560×1600 panel and weighs 2.96 pounds, or around 1.34 kg. Storage can be configured up to 4TB.
When did Panther Lake laptops become so expensive?
The new Lemur Pro is rather ‘not cheap’ when compared with some other Panther Lake laptops. HP OmniBook X 16 with Core Ultra X7 358H, 32GB memory, 1TB SSD and a 2K OLED touchscreen at $2,099.99. Dell lists an XPS 14 with the same processor, 32GB memory and 1TB SSD at $2,329.99, while the XPS 16 with the same CPU starts at $2,479.99 in its 2K non-touch configuration.
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MSI once had a Core Ultra X7 358H laptop at $1299, but they removed it and it is no longer on sale at this price (I wonder why?). Newer Prestige 16 Flip AI+ with the Core Ultra X7 358H, 32GB memory and 1TB SSD is now listed at $2,199.
This puts System76 above some mainstream Windows-based Panther Lake systems, although the Lemur Pro includes Linux preinstalled and is positioned around System76’s open firmware and Pop!_OS platform. The system is open source, though, so it should technically be cheaper to make without Windows license.
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