I'm a Linux fan, but I'm toying with the idea of getting one of the new Macs to replacement my Chromebook... For work I am very happy with my Linux setup. ~5-

I'm a Linux fan, but I'm toying with the idea of getting one of the new Macs to replacement my Chromebook... For work I am very happy with my Linux setup. ~5-6 years ago I got a good chromebook as an experiment, and I really like it in general. Long battery life, good build, high res screen, good security model, not much mucking around on it. It's a $1K chromebook that I got almost half price because refurb. The double edged sword is that it's limited. There are benefits to that I don't expect much from it. But for anything beyond web browsing I just use it as an ssh terminal. It works fine there, but I haven't found a programming environment I can use on it. Note: It apparently will never support the Linux apps. Sometimes I make movies, and borrow my wife's Windows laptop to run Resolve on. It's worlds better than any of the video editors I've used on Linux, and I was never able to get Resolve working on Linux. So with the new Mac I was thinking maybe I should try one of those instead of the Chromebook? At the lower end of the spectrum, the price is comparable to a good Chromebook (and I was dissatisfied with the lower end Chromebooks). But, if I actually want to do video editing I need 1-2TB of storage, which pushes the price up close to $2K. But if I avoid upgrading both my laptop AND personal desktop because of it... One option would be a lower end Mac and an external SSD. At least until I accidentally unplug it on the couch while editing a video. But for 95% of my personal use, the Chromebook is just great. What's a fella to do...