I am commenting as someone who uses both Linux, (at home) and a MBP, (at work) on a daily basis: > And please, don't tell me Ubuntu or other linux flavors. Th

I am commenting as someone who uses both Linux, (at home) and a MBP, (at work) on a daily basis: > And please, don't tell me Ubuntu or other linux flavors. They look good (and are good if you are programming on them) but the UX is still lacking a lot. There certainly are some specific areas, like 4K support, which are still being worked on, (and is in fact worse on Windows), but other than that, I cannot see what macOS offers over a modern GNOME desktop, UX wise, can you offer specifics? On my MBP, I always feel constrained, doing any heavier compilation slows it to a crawl and sends the temps to the very edge of what the CPU can handle, there's not even a point in having a CPU that can turbo up to 4GHz, since I never, ever, saw it happen under macOS, Finder is a joke, (Path Finder is good, but you can get there with built-in File Managers on Linux), Xcode is a joke of an IDE, stuff like syntax highlighting and autocompletion is randomly gone every couple of minutes etc. My main problem with macOS and the hardware it runs on, is that even on a top quad-core model, you don't really feel like 'this thing has power to spare', the last thing I want to feel when working on a computer that costs over 2k. > god forbid you have a problem (especially a hardware problem) and then try to debug it. Good luck searching online for a resolution. I don't think that is really true anymore, places like the Arch wiki and forums are a sure way to get almost anything resolved. On the other hand, try having a hardware issue, (personally experienced WiFi drops, dead pixels and GPU glitches), on macOS, nobody even tries to resolve it themselves, you're told just ship it back to Apple. > Never mind the confusion of the different flavors, packaging systems, and configurations Not really a problem in practice, (but a very tired talking point), you just stick to your distro's 'ecosystem' and be done with it. > Anyone figuring out the Linux/Laptop problem is re-inventing the Macbook Pro/OS X. There are surely people doing just that, but I don't think that's the majority. Linux with GNOME just 'clicks' better with my workflow, the system feels a lot snappier, the package manager is in charge of every update and systemd is powerful and easy to use, so I always have a very clear picture of the services running on my system and their health. Additionally, my Linux laptop is aprox. 3x as powerful as the MBP for less money. The only thing I really wish my Linux laptop had was the MBP's superior build quality, but things like the XPS line are catching up fast, so there's hope...