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0 pointsXylakant7y ago0 comments

> And I always used to wonder why they were so crazy about their Apple laptops when all they were using was the terminal.

But it was a nice terminal! On a more serious note: The cost of purchasing an Apple laptop is dwarfed by the cost of selecting a set of hardware that works with Linux. I did switch from Apple to Linux in one of the last iterations and despite using a Thinkpad, the time I sink into making sure that my machine works, does a proper backup that I can restore, ... is higher than the one-time price difference to a nice Apple laptop. Their hardware is good for years, it’s usually working pretty well. It comes with a price tag, true, but so does maintenance for a Linux machine.

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zimablue7y ago· 2 in thread

I genuinely don't understand this Linux incompatibility thing, people always make the point and I never know what they're talking about. I've always just bought an arbitrary laptop, installed Ubuntu on it and it's just run. What hardware problems are you referring to?

XylakantOP7y ago

Fingerprint sensor, UMTS Modem, HiDPI Screens, especially mixed with regular screens, there were issues with low cpu power states or so on the recent carbon X1, my desktop sometimes locks up when the laptop is docked with external screens connected and only unlocks when I undock (it doesn’t crash, it seems to be incapable of placing a window, once I undock and redock everything is fine).

Sure, it runs: it boots and displays an image. It’s still much more work to make it work as smooth as an apple laptop.

Running Linux comes with some advantages and obviously the trade off work for me in the current circumstances, but it could also fall the other way.

zimablue7y ago

Thanks, so it's kind of specific CPU stuff and "advanced" peripherals. I get what people are talking about now.

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