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I run a Linux workstation, but keep a Windows laptop. I find the MacBook Pro keyboards have too low travel distance and that aggravates RSI (I have an early Int

I run a Linux workstation, but keep a Windows laptop. I find the MacBook Pro keyboards have too low travel distance and that aggravates RSI (I have an early Intel model that has an amazing keyboard, but is practically useless). Most of the laptops that ship with Linux have the same restriction for me. To get a laptop with decent key travel, I usually end up with a Lenovo that ships with Windows on it. I've tried dual booting, but outside of Pop_OS!, I haven't found a distro that can switch between the two video cards sensibly. I couldn't get i3 running on Pop_OS!, so I largely just stick with Windows there. I suppose that's a long-winded way of saying that running Windows on a laptop is just way more practical for me. But I do all of my development on a workstation.

rbanffy 5y ago
> I find the MacBook Pro keyboards have too low travel distance and that aggravates RSI I liked the keyboards that came before the Magic Keyboard line (the one you mention on the early Intel). OTOH, I also liked the butterfly (shame it's so unreliable), so it may be that the short travel of the Magic ones is mitigated by the good tactile feedback of the butterfly. > To get a laptop with decent key travel, I usually end up with a Lenovo That's true. Unfortunately, around here (Ireland), the intersection of good keyboard feel, US ANSI layout, and no deliberately Linux-hostile dGPU (looking at you, Nvidia) is a very small set.