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I believe the bulk of the demand is coming primarily from a need to run Linux containers (e.g. docker images) than out of a desire to boot Linux directly. Whil

I believe the bulk of the demand is coming primarily from a need to run Linux containers (e.g. docker images) than out of a desire to boot Linux directly. While there is demand for the latter (as demonstrated by the herculean efforts going into Asahi Linux), most people buying Macs are probably there at least partially for macOS and the ecosystem it fits into, as well as for the ability to run commercial software packages without a compatibility layer like WINE. All things considered it's probably generally easier to make headless Linux containers run acceptably on non-Linux hosts than it is to get complex UI software running acceptably under WINE or a Windows VM.

jokethrowaway 4y ago
I would say people don't care too much and take the path of least resistance. If it was an out of the box option they would definitely love a system with good hardware and a configurable os. When I spent some time and installed Linux on my MacBook Pro 2015 some people came asking for instructions (and were mostly deterred by the compiling needed to build a driver for the webcam). Macbooks are unrivaled for their hardware (pretty much any other laptop sucks), the software is meh and keeps getting worse.