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Laptop for Linux use
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T4xx thinkpads or the 12” MacBook Pro 2012.
They’re both very well supported by Linux and have oodles of parts hanging around.
And don't get any Macbook past 2014. 2015 and later kinda ditched normal connectivity and MagSafe. I have 2016 with only 2 C ports and a jack and it is not the nicest experience out there.
Btw, on recent machines the ports are back. I wonder why, ...
Careful with think pads from the last 6ish years. Their build quality is absolute garbage, even the T series
past like 8 years they've turned shit imo. I got a used t460s and it feels so cheap compared to the t530 I had before. Like I know it's the s version and it's slimmer but it feels so fragile and I can not for the life of me figure out why it keeps freezing when I pick it up by the bottom left corner or if it bangs around too much in my bag. just overall shit. still better then most other laptops tho
my T570 crashed when pickup it up on the bottom right corner.
And after 2 years an 1 month (1 month after warranty), it broke completely. Likely a mainboard defect.
That's when I said "oh hey, frameworks are exactly as expensive as thinkpads, but way better to repair"
Wack.
Guess I'm going to just keep using this one til that happens and I'll start saving for a framework