I added Arch to my 2012 MacBook after it started feeling frustratingly sluggish. So you don’t need to wait to buy a new machine just to switch to Linux. There’s

I added Arch to my 2012 MacBook after it started feeling frustratingly sluggish. So you don’t need to wait to buy a new machine just to switch to Linux. There’s also the option to run it in a vm with some shared folders with your MacBook. You can basically live within the vm full time and switch out of it for photoshop.