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That is absolutely not true. Current Macbook Pros since 2016 have a whole variety of issues that are dealbreakers for day to day use. There's even a Github repo
by codemusings 7y ago
That is absolutely not true. Current Macbook Pros since 2016 have a whole variety of issues that are dealbreakers for day to day use. There's even a Github repo with checklists and kernel patches.
iMac Generations have been hit or miss depending on the AMD GPU that was included. I also think it'll get only harder from here on out with the T2 chips etc.
- stevekemp 7y agoAgreed. I was given a macbook last year for working upon. At the time I couldn't install Debian because the provided kernel didn't recognize the onboard disk-driver. Installed Ubuntu, which recognized the drive, but which didn't give me working WiFi. It would detect the NIC, present a list of networks, but then drop after 1-3 seconds. It was only recently that I upgraded to a newer kernel and found that I could use the on-board wifi. (Until then I'd been using a USB-based WiFi dongle.) I don't use touch-pad, bluetooth, etc. But just the basics "install + have wifi" were non-trivial. Of course it might be easier now as the latest stable releases have new enough kernels that things will work more easily, but I fought and I wish I'd been able to use a generic intel-laptop.
- em-bee 7y agoi did forget to add that what i said should only apply to older devices. even in the past i suppose the newest devices weren't always supported until some time later. whether this trend will hold in the future is anyones guess. you could be right. apple is certainly not out to make it easy. i should also add that my personal experience is limited to two devices from this decade and a few older ones.