I went with ThinkPad T460 with Ubuntu 16.04 and it has been great. I had looked at Macbooks, but the ThinkPad was about $1,000 cheaper, has much more RAM (24 Gb

I went with ThinkPad T460 with Ubuntu 16.04 and it has been great. I had looked at Macbooks, but the ThinkPad was about $1,000 cheaper, has much more RAM (24 Gb), more battery life (11+ hours using Linux), has a matte screen (lower glare), 4-year next-day at-home repair plan, and was under USD $2,000, including tax and shipping. I'm very happy I didn't get a Mac. It's my 3rd ThinkPad and all of them were great.