syx3d ago

Apple Just Lost Me

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Show threadchuckadams

What keeps me in the Appleverse is the hardware, and the software that Just Works with the hardware (I find that "Just Works" has been rapidly eroding in general, but naturally it still handles the hardware well). The alternatives are Linux on much worse hardware, or the non-starter that is Windows on anything whatsoever.

I'm told ThinkPads are getting to parity and have primo Linux support, but barring accident, my M3 MBP will probably last me a decade. Another reason I prefer Apple hardware.

Mar 25 at 3:19pmWeb
Show threadRetr0id3d ago
Linux runs well on M2 (and hopefully also M3 in the future)
Show threaddanslo3d ago
If you're OK with it draining 3% battery per hour when you close the lid, sure.
Show threaddiabllicseagull3d ago

https://asahilinux.org/docs/platform/feature-support/m2/

still too many missing bits for me.

M2 Series Feature Support - Asahi Linux Documentation

Porting Linux to Apple Silicon

Show threadgib4443d ago
Apple Silicon was as potent a crack as SSDs and Chrome (both immense steps up from what we had before). I nearly left the Apple ecosystem but the M chips pulled me back...
Show threadJollySharp03d ago
Almost any Linux distro will work find with any Thinkpad and has done so for almost two decades now.
Show threadkoonsolo3d ago

I switched as a heavy Linux user to a MacBook because of this reason.

1. Battery is better than any other laptop out there

2. Touchpad is better than any other laptop out there. I don't even use a mouse anymore

3. Sound is better than any other laptop out there.

There is no other laptop that comes even close to this hardware.