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Personal choice, for me Mac hardware run Mac software. And linux support of mac os hardware is not stable, except on Ubuntu maybe.

My MBP is old, the trackpad and the battery are almot dead, and I don't want to spend $$$ on a new MBP just to setup a linux on it. I am sure there are good laptops around here I haven't been able to put my hands on.

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That is not true. Arch, Fedora, Debian are all capable of supporting the hardware specs of a 3 year old MBP.

It depends a lot more on the experience you want with your system. Do you want KDE or Gnome? Or something more sleek like openbox? (openbox with Cairo-dock can almost be used as a drop in mac clone) With KDE out of the box it usually will setup basic two finger scrolling and mouse gestures for the track pad.

I would just put linux mint on your mac book and call it done. It will support your hardware and you'll appreciate the form factor more.

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