> linux on a laptop is bad. I think it at least partially depends on the hardware. > - Suspend rarely worked without hacks, even with hacks laptop would ofte

> linux on a laptop is bad. I think it at least partially depends on the hardware. > - Suspend rarely worked without hacks, even with hacks laptop would often wake and heat up to thermal shutdown in backpack. Hibernate was similarly bad. I did experience this a little bit, but it's been 2-3 years since the last time it happened. > - 'Normal' apps often didn't work or worked poorly (Netflix, flash, Spotify, 1Password), things are a lot better on this front now. No comment on this, I haven't really used any of these on my laptop. > - Monitor support was typically bad and caused problems, connecting to monitor, multiple monitors, resolution issues on wake, etc. Only issue I had with this was one TV wouldn't take HDMI output at the same time as displaying to my laptop screen. Everything else has worked great. > - WiFi was often a hassle and either wouldn't work without hacks or would stop working for an unknown reason. Haven't had any issues with this, but I would imagine it would be highly dependent on the wireless card you had. > - Sound would stop working for unknown reasons. Yeah, audio on linux kinda sucks right now. I've never been stuck without a workaround, but I've needed workarounds multiple times. > - Bad anti-aliasing/font support in general. I've not noticed this, but I also haven't looked. > - Personally I thought the UI (mostly gnome, then unity) felt slow and UI elements/chrome often took up a ton of visual space - in general things were uglier. GNOME + Pop_shell at least has gotten fast enough to keep me from installing i3 again. This is of course a matter of personal preference. I personally trust neither Apple or MS, but they both have their upsides. To each their own, and happy hacking!