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What I don't get from the article, if I'm pissed about the hardware change why am I trying to run Linux on it/my old one?

A) You keep your old laptop and continue to run macOS for as long as possible

B) You're shopping for a new laptop and don't buy Apple, then run Linux

If you keep your old hardware why run Linux on it? I've been looking at who else is out there are making decent laptops that run Linux well (open to suggestions, especially if they have more than 16GB RAM), as I have a feeling my 2015 Retina will be my last MBP.

The hard part for me is that I've gotten used to a certain look and feel with the MBP. That nice solid, rigid body, and the display hinge that just stays. When I pick up a ThinkPad and it creaks and flexes when I open the display or casually pick it up by the corner it makes my skin crawl.

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Have you taken a look at the Razer Blade? It is basically equivalent to the Macbook pro's hardware in every way, except black, an i7, a touchscreen, and an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060, and a bit less expensive. I just got one. I haven't put Linux on it yet, but I'm pretty blown away with the hardware.

Wow, that looks like an MBPro clone. I've never heard of this company. I wonder if its machines work well with Linux?

Razer's basically a "gamer gear" company. Think stylized light-up keyboards, mice, headsets, and so forth. Problem is, their quality control is really all over the place and they are ridiculously expensive. This weird QC is part of the reason I never bothered with their laptops despite the well specced hardware.

There was an article last week stating they don't support Linux out of the box (or at least not Ubuntu), but I don't remember details regarding how much work is required to get it running.

The Arch wiki has a whole load of details on getting one up and running[1]. These instruction will usually translate between any other (up to date) distro with a bit of translation.

1. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/razer#2016_version_.28R...

Their older models from 2015 or so with 970m GPUs won't boot due consistently due to the hybrid (Optimus) graphics. The situation may have improved with the newer models, though, and their Stealth line only has Intel graphics which should work fine.

See Dell's XPS line. The 15" variants go up to 32GB ram.

I cannot recommend Lenovo X1 Carbons enough. I use it at work. Runs Linux buttery smooth. (Tested Ubuntu and Arch, both work perfectly, Arch needs a few minor tweaks)

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