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This is kind of false. Thunderbolt is not properly supported in the kernel. The keyboard is funky etc. You can run Linux on an MBA, but you're honestly better off going with a hardware that isn't actively hostile to open standards.

Re trackpads: The trackpad on the thinkpad X1 series is great

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That's a good point. Given that I seriously never use my TB port, I totally forgot that driver support is not great. Rumor has it that the existing patches (https://github.com/anoever/thunderbolt) will make it into the 3.17 mainline.

And I'll have to check out the X1. Thanks for the tip!

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