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What have others switched to from MBP? How do you like them? I know, trackpads are inferior, but other than that. I went from 2017 MBP /w keyboard and display
by rixrax 8y ago
What have others switched to from MBP? How do you like them? I know, trackpads are inferior, but other than that.
I went from 2017 MBP /w keyboard and display issues to 2017 razer stealth, which I didn’t like (heavy, keyboard not to my liking, fans makes contact with chassis when carried from corner, Ubuntu didn’t run on it very reliably even after tweaking). Then I got 2017 Google pixelbook. I flashed coreboot[0][1] on it and installed Ubuntu (audio doesn’t work so I have usb-c audio adapter) - couldn’t be happier: keyboard is excellent, it’s light, it was relatively inexpensive (for low end i7, 512gb , 16gb ram), it’s silent (no fans), display is 3:2 aspect ratio (I think) and it’s not 4k, hardware feels nice and solid. Other than audio issue, Ubuntu runs solid on it after some tinkering. If you’re willing to tinker with it s bit - google totally nailed it on this![2]
[0] https://www.coreboot.org https://www.coreboot.org
[1] https://mrchromebox.tech https://mrchromebox.tech
[2] https://www.google.com/chromebook/device/google-pixelbook/ https://www.google.com/chromebook/device/google-pixelbook/