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I also just switched from a MBP to a Thinkpad with Arch this year. After some minor hesitation I pulled the trigger and am still very happy with the decision. I
by mttyng 9y ago
I also just switched from a MBP to a Thinkpad with Arch this year. After some minor hesitation I pulled the trigger and am still very happy with the decision. I got nearly twice the specs of a MBP for a significantly smaller price.
Initially I loaded Cinnamon (I think?) but replaced it with Gnome after some unresolved -to me- issue with my volume buttons. Everything works wonderfully now. And I'm having zero issue with any developmental experimentation (Android, web, traffic analysis, etc.)
Highly recommend the switch.
- levimaes 9y agoholy hell, this is Exactly what I've been looking for. Ive been saving up for a replacement for my 2010 MBP, and it's been between a new miscellaneous thinkpad, and a $3,000-priced 2017 MBP, which I believe would've been justified if the god bedamned thing had a mechanical power button! I don't want to bet a ~$1200 premium on the TouchBar/ID power button providing the same "At least it turns on" reliability that I've grown from adolescence to love, and more recently I've come to depend on, for safe mode and single user mode booting. Hell! Take away a man's power button, and you take away his power...