Moves like this are quickly pushing me away from Macbooks for dev. I need a *nix backend though. Does anyone know what the state of the art for Linux laptops is?
Oh, and when you do get sound, the wireless cuts out. You can get wireless and sound at the same time, but only at 1024x786.
Seriously, gif you want to punish Apple by moving to Linux I can understand that. If you actually think it's a gain in productivity, you haven't seen linux on the desktop yet. It's like saying "enough with these kernel exploits! We're moving to macOS on the server!"
I bought the TUXEDO Infinity Book - 13" Full HD screen, 16GB RAM, Intel Core i7-6500U, 1.4 kg only. It works ok, I'm using Suse Linux + Cinnamon Desktop Env. There are two things I'd improve on the laptop: the touchpad could be of a better quality, the Intel Dual AC 3160 wlan does not have the best reception (may be a problem with the antenna?).
If that's too big, T430.
Mine arrived last week. It's been great so far.