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Lenovo X1 Carbon user here. Never touched any Apple product in my entire life.

Another one here. Loved my Macbook Pro 2013, then the O/S turned to crap, gave it to my wife. Currently using a Carbon X1 and it's wonderful. Amazing battery life, Fedora 28, touchpad small but nipple is brilliant on the train when i'm cheek-to-jowl with the guy next to me who's also on a laptop. Wouldn't go back to a new Macbook, but I do miss the 2013 as it was delivered to me before the O/S was ruined.

Do you have the touch screen? If so, thoughts?

Yeah, I do. Just wanted to try it a couple of years ago. Honestly -- not worth it (on Linux HiDPI is not there where I wanted it to be, plus with my love of bitmap fonts, it can be hard), especially in a heavily shortcut-powered WM (I use Fluxbox and bspwm occasionally). But that's just me.

My next workhorse will still be X1 nextgen, but with regular 1080p resolution and matte screen. Much much better. Like my Zenbook at home -- which is ideal for me, but less powerful for work-related tasks.

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