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kevin • Edited

Yup they're great, bought the 2019 13" Pro base model last october because I needed a machine to work on. Come end of May 2020, my 5 year old windows laptop had its ssd dead, so I replaced it with a spare(128gb is all I had, can't go out and buy a new one because of the pandemic). I decided to install arch linux in it and it's great. It's better than Mac because of some things like only the apps the you have installed will ever run on startup( ~50 processes vs around 500 processes on newly bootup Mac).

Though I miss some things that are only available on Mac, karabiner is one(still haven't found a way to have same config on xmodmap and sxhkd).

Another thing I would say about Mac is that their apps are beautiful, I have been in windows most of my life and just spending time on Mac apps, even the free ones, feels great. The down side is if you decide to work on Mac because of the eco system, not only will the laptop price tag will hurt your wallet but also the app prices.

Summary, if you're just gonna spend your time on FOSS, then money-wise, better get a linux machine.