1. Linux isn't a panacea for depreciated hardware, and it never will be.
2. If your priority is system lifespan, you are already using OEM macOS.
2. If your priority is system lifespan, you are already using OEM macOS.
2. By all means start with macOS, but eventually Apple will stop supporting your machine. And y'know what will still work and get updates then? Linux.
Which old hardware? You're circling around to the grandparent's point again; Linux support is hardware dependent.
> And y'know what will still work and get updates then?
No, I don't. Depreciated iPads lay dead in piles, and they don't run Linux for shit. You want me to believe the M4 will graduate to the big leagues?
Every thread about Linux inevitably someone says “it gave new life to my [older computer model].” We’ve all seen it countless times.
This post is about the MacBook Air M2. The discussion has been about silicon MacBooks - laptops - from the start.