There's a third option if you don't need too much horsepower and like portability: Chrome OS. With recent Crostini release (https://www.aboutchromebooks.com/new

There's a third option if you don't need too much horsepower and like portability: Chrome OS. With recent Crostini release (https://www.aboutchromebooks.com/news/chrome-os-69-stable-release-project-crostini-linux-apps/ https://www.aboutchromebooks.com/news/chrome-os-69-stable-re...) Linux apps are supported, effectively enabling Chrome OS laptops to support largest number of apps compared to any other device on the planet - Chrome OS apps, Android apps and Linux apps combined. Top end Pixelbook comes with 16 GB RAM and core i7 CPU.