They're all bundled with AI features (I absolutely don't need) and never in my life will I buy a mac for coding. My current laptop is HODL'ing and idk if this enshittification will end soon.
I am moving off onto an old desktop running Debian stable slowly as I don't really need a laptop. This also isolates me from a number of geopolitical and technology creep and lock-in related risks I have identified.
I'm currently running Ubuntu on this ancient thing (which I love actually), but I absolutely don't want Windows.
2. It costs an arm and a leg to replace parts on a Mac when you travel outside the United States. Replacing the keyboard on my first macbook cost the same as the actual price. I learnt my lesson. I don't need that Apple garbage in my life.
What should I do ?
I wonder though if there are more open and trusted modified Windows being developed out there because trying random modified Windows in team-os is not getting me some confidence
Thankfully I don't.
I use qemu in a docker container for many Windows related things, partially because I don't want to keep a "real" Windows system running and partially because I don't want to let that OS run outside of a VM or container.
It depends on your security mindset and goals, but I think we're far into the world of VMs and containers all the way down.
With respect to memory, try it and see. Modern Linux is very good at memory management, since it powers the entire data center world. You can certainly overcommit memory with Docker containers easily without a problem.