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Does MBP run Linux? That would be the selling point for me ... But I guess I am not in a big group.

Also MBP is not really repairable at all.

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> But I guess I am not in a big group.

Big enough that they specifically targeted that exact group with this laptop.

Probably a small group but worth more money.

M1 and M2 models run Asahi Linux, M3 and M4 don't run anything natively I think (but not entirely sure).

M1 and M2 run Linux but don't expect usable battery life, Thunderbolt output or a few other niceties.

Ah ofc I forgot. But iirc not everything works and battery life will probably suck, no? So not really a consideration in this case of price comparison. It is an option though :)

Personally I also can't stand the exterior design, albeit overall hardware of MBP is good. Guess if I land an old MBP this is what I'd do with it.

How is Thunderbolt or display port alt mode support?

https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/blob/main/docs/platform/f...

It is in progress.... Please support the project!

Practically, if you have AppleCare you don't need to worry about repairability.

I worry about e-waste and having AppleCare doesn't really help here.

I would love a MBP that ran Linux. I am not a fan of MacOS (though it's one of my two daily drivers).

What I really want is for other hardware vendors to catch up. I like Apple hardware but hate their software.

Yes, see https://asahilinux.org/

Would be super interested if any person on this planet uses this as the main driver.

Yes its much less annoying than macos on my m1 macbook.

I do, for work at least. Works nice aside from the lack of USB-C monitor (mine has a HDMI output so not a huge deal for me.)

In the dev branch now! https://asahilinux.org/2026/02/progress-report-6-19/

I will attempt to use Asahi as my daily driver once this is officially released.

I do.

Not the M5.

It eventually will. But OP never asked about M5 specifically.

No, but OP was comparing the pricing of brand new laptops, so it was implied that they wouldn't be M1/M2 hence not supported by Asahi.

Eventually in this context might be 4+ years from now.

AFAIK Asahi development needs some hypervisor features for reverse engineering macOS drivers that only exist on M1-M3 and were removed on M4+. So yeah, it may be several years until they get support (or never, if nobody steps up to do it).

On macbook you could emulate windows. Inside windows emulate linux. And it would still be much faster than this framework

Name checks out.

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