"Macbook Pros have bezels - I mean, I'm using a 2020 one now and can clearly see about 1cm on each vertical and 1.5cm on the horizontals."
The 2020 MacBook Pro 16 inch has hardly any bezels. That's what I want looks amazing. Some bezels is ok but I just want a larger screen size and don't want wasted space.
"The majority of laptops don't have numpads"
I was actually looking at System76 laptops the other day because I really like PopOS but they all have numpads... Dell XPS are nice but I don't like Dell. system76.com/laptops/gazelle
"The majority of laptops come with a higher than 1080p resolution"
Last time I was in the market for a Linux laptop all I could find is 1920x1080p displays. (This was a year ago so might be better this year) I wanted to buy a QLED display but heard they don't work good on Linux.
"probably about 20% of them (I guess) are 16x10"
I know the newer laptops this year are 16x10 I just don't want a 16x9 laptop I like the extra vertical space.
"You can install Linux on a Macbook Pro if it's all about the hardware"
You certainly can but doesn't mean it's going to work right.. I had an older laptop one time (maybe 5 years old) I got rid of Windows and put Linux on it (Ubuntu) and constantly ran into weird issues. So I bought a laptop that supported Linux. I bought the Dell XPS 13 (2019) the experience was completely different (In a good way).
If you installed Linux on a Macbook Pro would multitouch work? That would be interesting to know.
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If you installed Linux on a Macbook Pro would multitouch work? That would be interesting to know.
I'm not sure. I know I have a magic touchpad here that doesn't work properly on Windows or Arch beyond using two-finger scrolling. I never looked into it deeply because I find them uncomfortable to use compared to a mouse or keyboard.
On my Macbook Pro I use multitouch gesters all the time to switch workspaces. Three finger swipe left or right to switch workspaces. Three finger swipe up to see all the applications open on the current desktop. If I can get this feature on Linux then I would consider looking into switching.
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Just to clarify a couple things.
"Macbook Pros have bezels - I mean, I'm using a 2020 one now and can clearly see about 1cm on each vertical and 1.5cm on the horizontals."
The 2020 MacBook Pro 16 inch has hardly any bezels. That's what I want looks amazing. Some bezels is ok but I just want a larger screen size and don't want wasted space.
"The majority of laptops don't have numpads"
I was actually looking at System76 laptops the other day because I really like PopOS but they all have numpads... Dell XPS are nice but I don't like Dell.
system76.com/laptops/gazelle
"The majority of laptops come with a higher than 1080p resolution"
Last time I was in the market for a Linux laptop all I could find is 1920x1080p displays. (This was a year ago so might be better this year) I wanted to buy a QLED display but heard they don't work good on Linux.
"probably about 20% of them (I guess) are 16x10"
I know the newer laptops this year are 16x10 I just don't want a 16x9 laptop I like the extra vertical space.
"You can install Linux on a Macbook Pro if it's all about the hardware"
You certainly can but doesn't mean it's going to work right.. I had an older laptop one time (maybe 5 years old) I got rid of Windows and put Linux on it (Ubuntu) and constantly ran into weird issues. So I bought a laptop that supported Linux. I bought the Dell XPS 13 (2019) the experience was completely different (In a good way).
If you installed Linux on a Macbook Pro would multitouch work? That would be interesting to know.
I'm not sure. I know I have a magic touchpad here that doesn't work properly on Windows or Arch beyond using two-finger scrolling. I never looked into it deeply because I find them uncomfortable to use compared to a mouse or keyboard.
On my Macbook Pro I use multitouch gesters all the time to switch workspaces. Three finger swipe left or right to switch workspaces. Three finger swipe up to see all the applications open on the current desktop. If I can get this feature on Linux then I would consider looking into switching.