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This has been my only argument for years for not switching to Linux. I've realized I haven't used Photoshop in more than two years now. I either work on projects where the designers provide me with already cut and ready to use props, or I work with people using Figma.

My only argument now is that my Macbook is still working and I don't "have" to spend 2k on a Thinkpad. :)

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I added Arch to my 2012 MacBook after it started feeling frustratingly sluggish. So you don’t need to wait to buy a new machine just to switch to Linux. There’s also the option to run it in a vm with some shared folders with your MacBook. You can basically live within the vm full time and switch out of it for photoshop.

I run Fedora on a 2011 MacBook Pro. There was a bit of messing around to get graphics working, and sometimes the trackpad driver crashes, but other than that, it works perfectly.

Sweet jesus, don't get a thinkpad after having used a macbook. They are built of soft, grease-absorbing cheap plastic.

People say 'oh, but thinkpads are so rebuildable'. Yeah. Because they degrade easily and are made of such cheap materials, they have to be.

I bought a second hand dell laptop. Five years later bought a brand new thinkpad. Which do you think had to be repaired, and even with new parts still looks more worn out?

You're the first one to tell me not to get a Thinkpad.

I've heard nothing but great things about them.

The newer thinkpads are meh, compared to what the older ones were

You’re downvoted but you’re right. The trackpad is garbage, the overall build is garbage, screens are weird resolutions...

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