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I used a Framework for a while, and I’d definitely give it my vote for the best Linux laptop I’ve used(Also PopOS has the best out of the box support for most laptops in my experience).

This being said, I traded my framework out for an M1 MacBook Pro, and just use OS X now. The reality is my OS X environment is functionally identical to Linux(and this includes very heavy use of Docker, I don’t know what anyone complaining about Docker on M1 are on about) and from a hardware perspective the M1/2 MacBooks just absolutely stomp every competitor for me, this is especially true if you care about battery life.

Disclaimer: I do not daily drive a laptop, and exclusively use a laptop when traveling or otherwise am incapable of using my desktop

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I'm a huge Linux fan and currently run it on a Dell Latitude.

The company where I consult gave me a MacBook, so my work is on that device.

The difference in hardware is just night and day. Sound, touchpad, battery life, ... . I don't get it why any other hardware company can't even get close to what Apple is offering.

Anyway, when I need to replace my own laptop, chance is very high that it will be a MacBook. Although I still like my Linux Mint way more than MacOS, the difference between those two seems less than the hardware difference between a MacBook and anything else out there.

I’ve got a colleague who has been daily driving since he joined our company, he’s been really enjoying it as a developer machine. Looks super sleak and he most recently upgraded to the intel gen 12 with significant speed bumb and use the previous guts for a side project.

If you are a tinker this laptop is for you and the abilities are endless.

My experience with docker sucking on an M1 was based entirely around the images being non-native to ARM, and that completely destroying the entire laptop's performance.

I have recently changed teams though, my new setup doesn't require non-native images, and now it's fine again.

> I don’t know what anyone complaining about Docker on M1 are on about)

Are you using ARM-based Docker images? Never an issue with availability of your base images?

Not doubting, just interested.

Sorry for a late reply, I am generally using ARM based images and I have run into VERY few things that availability was a problem for. I’ve never seen anything based on Debian or Alpine not have ARM variants. The only base image I’ve really ever run into problems with was Cent, and I only had like one thing that used it which I switched over to Debian and it’s not caused any problem for me.

I can definitely see mileage varying depending on the specific things you need to run, but I wasn’t ever really concerned with it because I usually have enough control over the images I use that I can switch something to a different base if need be.

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