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I think 2015 mbp is the closest a laptop got to being perfect for me. Screen, battery life, trackpad, finish and performance. All in a beautiful balance. I use

I think 2015 mbp is the closest a laptop got to being perfect for me. Screen, battery life, trackpad, finish and performance. All in a beautiful balance. I used to dislike macos so much that went mbp 2015 > thinkpad > sp4. I realised how much better macbooks were than their comptetition that I bought it again only with more storage. I think Surface line will bethe next thing for me but it was still too buggy for daily use.

wastedhours 10y ago
Agree, bought my 2015 MBP about 6 months ago and it's all but perfect and satisfies all of my needs. When the time comes though, I'm jealously eyeing up a Razer Blade 14, which could dual boot to a Linux distro...
- mixedCase 10y ago
  Razer laptops have historically ran poorly with Linux. I'd look somewhere else unless things have significantly changed.
Philipp__ 10y ago
Surface was always tempting for me, but I can't stand Windows in any shape or form. I really hate it, and I never felt comfortable using it or developing on it (I never touched Microsoft stack, .NET, Azure and that stuff, so...). What looks more tempting to me, is new Lenovo Carbon X1 that got announced a day ago on CES. That could be sweet Linux dev. machine, light, with solid battery life, thin bezels, nice keyboard, trackpoint...
- 91bananas 10y ago
  Is Linux possible on a Surface? It to me looks like the only possible replacement for an MBP right now, but I too could not handle Windows for a second.
  - Philipp__ 10y ago
    I don't have nerves nor time to write drivers... no way in hell I'll buy Surface device and fiddle with Linux on it. I think you can get much better laptops for same price, plus I have opportunity to install FreeBSD on them, where on Durface it isn't possible, or you have to sacrifice certain functions/components.
  - PaulyGlott 10y ago
    Linux works poorly on my SurfaceBook pro. When I connect a monitor to the DisplayPort, Ubuntu freezes at the login prompt. If I just use the laptop screen, it's usable, but I get OS errors.

wastedhours 10y ago

Agree, bought my 2015 MBP about 6 months ago and it's all but perfect and satisfies all of my needs. When the time comes though, I'm jealously eyeing up a Razer Blade 14, which could dual boot to a Linux distro...

mixedCase 10y ago
Razer laptops have historically ran poorly with Linux. I'd look somewhere else unless things have significantly changed.

Philipp__ 10y ago

Surface was always tempting for me, but I can't stand Windows in any shape or form. I really hate it, and I never felt comfortable using it or developing on it (I never touched Microsoft stack, .NET, Azure and that stuff, so...). What looks more tempting to me, is new Lenovo Carbon X1 that got announced a day ago on CES. That could be sweet Linux dev. machine, light, with solid battery life, thin bezels, nice keyboard, trackpoint...

91bananas 10y ago
Is Linux possible on a Surface? It to me looks like the only possible replacement for an MBP right now, but I too could not handle Windows for a second.
- Philipp__ 10y ago
  I don't have nerves nor time to write drivers... no way in hell I'll buy Surface device and fiddle with Linux on it. I think you can get much better laptops for same price, plus I have opportunity to install FreeBSD on them, where on Durface it isn't possible, or you have to sacrifice certain functions/components.
- PaulyGlott 10y ago
  Linux works poorly on my SurfaceBook pro. When I connect a monitor to the DisplayPort, Ubuntu freezes at the login prompt. If I just use the laptop screen, it's usable, but I get OS errors.