Double posting! Gaah I guess it's fine in this case.

My Passport Batch 2 is on its way to me and I will create a separate thread for it when it arrives.
However, to start having some fun already and preparing the review, I checked out their simulator today!

It's not the most performant VM I've seen, but then again, I ran it inside another VM. It uses QEMU and you can run Founders Edition or Batch 2.

A few tips and tricks:
[1] You need to create work directory in simulator
[2] You need to create snapshots directory in simulator to take snapshots with 'Z'
[3] You can use OBS with its 'Virtual Camera' feature. Start it before starting the simulator. Then put in an 'Image' source with whatever QR code you want to 'scan' with the virtual Passport. When you now start the Passport simulator, it picks up this virtual camera as if it was its own, so whatever you put on the canvas, it will pick up and scan.

I think it's actually a great idea to try this out to see how you like the Passport's UI, workflows and get yourself familiar with it, especially if you're waiting to receive one already.
Here's an image of the landing screen.