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I know people are going to hate me for saying this, but based on your stated priorities recommend getting a MacBook Air or MacBook Pro. As much as I love ricing Linux and playing games, I use my MacBook Air for 90% of all my computing and coding. MacOS provides the most polished user experience out of the box (although it’s going down hill with every update they push). And once MacOS hits the enshittification event horizon you can switch to Asahi.

I suggest at least going to an Apple Store and dicking around with a display model to get a feel for the UX.

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A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Why bother spending more on a computer with an OS you admit is enshittifying and that you’re going to put linux on eventually anyway?

Get a used Thinkpad, slap Mint on it and be on your merry way

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Empricorn@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
This is an example of why people make fun of fanboys. They asked “What are the best options for computers that explicitly support linux?” Lol you don’t even have to read further than the title! Completely irrelevant “answer”.

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Crazyslinkz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Can’t install Linux on macs anymore. They won’t boot from external drive and locks the ssd via security.

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sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
I haven’t been a fan of Mac OS for several years now, however I am kind of curious what it is like to use these days. My biggest concern with Mac OS is that the system will stop getting updates and new web browsers especially will stop working – this is what happened to my parents’ Mac systems. I guess that was an unspoken requirement – I expect with Linux that my hardware will be supported 15+ years, and I could still use it for some purposes even when the hardware is slow. With apple hardware and software they seem geared towards getting you to buy the latest and greatest hardware. And it looks like it is unclear whether or not community support and reverse engineers will be able to support the hardware in the long run.

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