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Off topic maybe, but my Razer Blade 15" has been and absolutely wonderful replacement for my MBP. The build quality feels just as nice, and none of the weird touchbar issues. (Running Ubuntu 19.10 presently, only issue: had to disable the USB-C port to allow it to sleep). The arrow keys are also in a slightly wonky location.

It's been very disruptive to have Apple quality tank, and I'm glad they finally went back to the good keyboard, but at least there's another game in town for developers who want a quality laptop and a real OS.

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I'd say a similar thing about my HP EliteBook x360 830 G6 as a 13-inch running Ubuntu 20.04. I love having a matte screen (that's still a touchscreen if I ever want it) and both USB-C and USB-A ports! HP even lets you custom order with FreeDOS so you can skip the Windows license. iFixit gives it 9/10 on repairability: https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/HP+EliteBook+830+x360+G6+Repair...

I have an x360, precision 5570 (dual xeons),and a 2017 MBP. The x360 gets the most use by far. I only use the more powerful systems for gaming or when I’m modeling systems where I need more than 16gb of ram

Also slightly off topic, but I'm glad to hear Linux support for Razer laptops are improving. I had an early Razer Blade Stealth (late 2016 12.5") and the Linux support was _terrible_, as demonstrated in this repository: https://github.com/rolandguelle/razer-blade-stealth-linux. It took a lot of work to get it stable.

Razer Blade - which year? Heard 2020 is not nice with Linux as much as older models.

Razer seems to be NVidia only, so I don't think they'd be my first choice for a Linux machine.

I got it in late 2019.

ThinkPads be like "Are we a joke to you?"

ThinkPads are quality machines, but I interpreted the comment to mean more than just the base Linux experience. For better or worse, some people want something more than a black plastic business machine.

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