1. I won't be using NixOS so that point is moot to me.
2. Reliable sandbox I can get using Apple Containers. I won't argue that the Linux experience is better, because it is. Alone it wouldn't be a reason for me to switch but it does count towards it.
3. Fair enough, I haven't had that issue on the Mac but that may just be because I'm working with other kinds of tech or I have the things I need installed in a different way.
4. Same as 2, really - unless I misunderstood you.
I appreciate you taking the time to reply. I have been primarily a Mac user for longer than I care to admit and lately macOS and the ecossystem have been growing more hostile to me. I've been on the lookout for a Linux laptop that wouldn't feel like much of a downgrade and the Framework 13 might be it so I'm trying to get as much information as I can before I commit (especially money) to the switch.
Virtual machines. I can't ask claude to figure out an issue on the hw host w/o falling back to per-action confirmations or giving it full unconditional access. When everything runs on one host I can organize controllable sandbox escapes for Claude and let it work in huge batches with minimal attention.
> won't be using
Well, that's your choice to avoid efficient agentic workflows
> misunderstood
There are no containers on mac, there are VMs hosting containers and subtractive sandbox filtering syscalls.
> get as much
FW 13 is great, FW 16 is a disaster.
No technical argument will fit with the mindset of an average dev preferring MacBook.
