Sounds like it will be fixed soon

https://github.com/HermanChen/mpp/commit/fff87da91706d92913ba0254cee8c27eb093ae16
https://github.com/HermanChen/mpp/issues/73

Compared to a real dgpu it’s weak and I wouldn’t buy it if you want a gaming laptop but rather if you want a work laptop that can also run games badly.

The below benchmarks doesn’t use the same exact CPU but they use CPUs that have the same iGPU so it’s somewhat telling:
https://www.ultrabookreview.com/64396-amd-radeon-780m-benchmarks/#amd-radeon-780m-rdna3-gaming-performance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9cVC6rOeP0 - Gaming on Radeon 780M (Ryzen 7 8700G, Ryzen 7 8840HS, Ryzen 7 7840HS ect) in 27 Games in 2024 Test

Aight, I would try to grab myself an AMD Ryzen with Radeon 780m igpu or at least 680m igpu to get relative strong graphics at a low power draw. The 780m is a beast of an igpu.

I would stay away from ARM, you’ll have much more compatibility with an x64 cpu from AMD or Intel.
In Sweden Lenovo are currently having a clearance sale 50% on the P14s AMD Gen 5 with 8840HS, if you have the same in your country it’s great value.
https://www.lenovo.com/se/sv/p/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpadp/lenovo-thinkpad-p14s-gen-5-14-inch-amd-mobile-workstation/21me002xmx

Most of the old settings are at least easily reached if you can remember their names such as ncpa.cpl for the settings you mention but when you write “control printers” you get sent into the new Settings view now. Instead you gotta go to the control panel and change view from category to small or large icons to finally right click Devices and Printers and choose “open in a new window” to get there. If you left click it you get sent to the new Settings view.

Instead of running compatibility layers, it runs a real copy of Windows using Docker and KVM under the hood.

I take it that it requires a Windows license then, I’ll stick with wine.